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Oklahoma City 1889 townsite dumps

Old dump ground Documented sitePermission required
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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

1894 historic-map era

Another 1889 land-run city, grown fast along the North Canadian; early dumps followed the river bottoms and railroad cuts.

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