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Sistersville oil boom riverfront
Riverbank Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Old bottles
Nails and fittingsAlso reported: saloon glass.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
1899 historic-map era
Sleepy Ohio River village turned 1890s oil city of derricks and opera-house blocks; boom-era refuse lies along the bank and ferry landing.
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