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Independence Missouri River outfitting landing

Riverbank Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: trail-era refuse.

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

Why this spot

1892 historic-map era

Jackson County outfitting town for the Santa Fe, Oregon and California trails from the 1820s; landing and town-lot refuse.

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