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Linn Creek drowned county seat

Lake shore Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings

Also reported: crockery.

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

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

Osage River county seat drowned in 1931 when Bagnell Dam filled the Lake of the Ozarks; the relocated village sits above the old grid, and low-water flats occasionally expose town debris.

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