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Illinois, Iowa
New Boston river bend town
Riverbank Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Old bottles
Sea potteryAlso reported: shell blanks.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain).
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Why this spot
Victorian bottle era, historically mapped
Mississippi River town platted in the 1830s at a sharp bend, living on steamboats, fish and later mussel shelling for the button trade; landing frontage and shell heaps remain in the bank.
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