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Hermosa cattle rail town

Riverbank Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: cartridges.

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

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

1886 railroad town on Battle Creek serving the open-range cattle outfits east of the hills; depot-era lots and creek dumps hold the ranching decades.

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