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Iowa, Minnesota

New Albin border terminus town

Riverbank Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: shell tools.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain).

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

Railroad terminus village of 1872 tight against the Minnesota line, with Mississippi backwater fishing and clamming camps; depot ground and slough edges carry period refuse.

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