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Cerro Gordo townsite

Lake shore Source-confirmed findsPermission required
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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Coins and tokensCoins and tokens
Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: store and cabins..

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain).

Why this spot

1875 historic-map era

Silver-lead camp that helped build Los Angeles.

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