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Midwest, Illinois

Old Shawneetown IL

Drowned bank town

Riverbank Inferred from historyGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles

Also reported: Early-statehood glass, Ohio Valley trade..

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

1810-1900

Historical inference; no documented digs found.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Ohio River floods
mud.

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