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Elkport bought-out flood village
Old dump ground Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Old bottlesAlso reported: 1850s-1990s mixed refuse.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).
Why this spot
Victorian bottle era, historically mapped
Turkey River village at the Elk Creek mouth that was largely bought out and razed after the 2004 flood, ending 150 years of occupation; empty lots overlie the old town's refuse.
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