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Wapello Iowa River county town

Riverbank Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery
Buttons and bucklesButtons and buckles

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

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

Louisa County seat on the lower Iowa River, an 1830s ferry and packet town serving bottomland farms; river lots and courthouse-square backlots hold early refuse.

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