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Alvarado, CA: Alameda Creek sugar-and-salt town on the bay

BOTTLE DIGGING GRAY AREA CONFIRMED

Where: California · approx. 37.59, -122.07 (vicinity only)

Why this spot: 1880s+ Sanborn-mapped town on San Francisco Bay (Alameda Creek / salt marsh)

What turns up: 1870s-1900s sugar-refinery, salt-works and saloon bottles and Chinese-labor ceramics along the creek and marsh edge

Access: Gray area.

Bay tidelands and Alameda Creek bed below the high-water line are state public-trust land (PRC 5097.5); the old townsite (now Union City) is private, so seek permission.

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Pins are approximate by design. This page is historical research, not permission to dig. Check ownership and local law first.