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Cardston Lee Creek pioneer settlement

Riverbank Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings

Also reported: crocks.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

Founded 1887 by Mormon settlers from Utah on Lee Creek, with early irrigation works and a cheese and freighting economy; settlement refuse along the creek.

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