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Minnesota
Mendota fur trade confluence village
Riverbank Documented siteRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Old bottlesAlso reported: 1830s-1900s material mostly in protected context.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).
Why this spot
Victorian bottle era, historically mapped
Minnesota's oldest permanent settlement, an 1830s fur post village at the Minnesota-Mississippi junction; occupation is deep but the core sites are protected historic ground.
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