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photolith

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If you live in Arkansas; Ill give you a sweet spot. Although this was back in 2010 when I was going to school at Arkansas Tech in Russellville. I found about 10 Russellville Bottling Works hutches right here along this creek (digging in the banks). I also found back in the woods to the right of the creek 2 perfectly preserved late 1890s giant steel RR crossing signs that I donated to the Russellville Historical Society. I hope those signs are still displayed at the railroad station where the historical society was. As I dragged those heavy 90 lb bastards to the train station from my dorm, which was about .75 miles at the time. The first image along the tree line is where I found the hutches and inside the treeline is where there was a more modern dump (like 1930s on the surface), but it is prob way older way deeper but I never dug more than three feet deep and found some 1915s Heinz ketchups and junk. The last screenshot is just a more zoomed out view to show a broader view as to where the site is.
 

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