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Beattyville three forks raft town

Riverbank Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

Town at the three forks head of the Kentucky River where log rafts assembled and salt and coal shipped from the mid-1800s; raft-landing frontage and saloon backlots hold the era.

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