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Dutzow oldest German river settlement

Riverbank Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: crockery.

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

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

One of the earliest German settlements in the Missouri valley, founded 1830s on the river; town-lot and landing refuse.

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