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Iowa
Bentonsport faded river port
Riverbank Documented sitePermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Old bottles
Sea potteryPhotos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain).
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Why this spot
Victorian bottle era, historically mapped
1840s Des Moines River port with hotels and mills that faded to a hamlet when navigation failed; the surviving historic district sits on a much larger abandoned town plat.
Keep exploring nearby
More spots in this area.