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Watertown German mill town on the Rock

Riverbank Documented siteGray area

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

1885 historic-map era

German immigrant mill town looping around Rock River bends, with breweries and early kindergarten-era prosperity; riverbank lots and mill races hold mid-1800s refuse.

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