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Ellinwood wet-route German town

Old dump ground Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Coins and tokensCoins and tokens

Also reported: crockery.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Why this spot

1905 historic-map era

German settlement on the Santa Fe Trail wet route along the Arkansas, famous for its 1880s underground business tunnels; deep privies and saloon cellars hold the era.

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