Redfield (James River)

Where: South Dakota · approx. 44.87, -98.52 (vicinity only)

Why this spot: 1880s+ Sanborn-mapped town on James River just east of town; a railroad junction on the James valley

What turns up: Junction-town refuse near the tracks and the James bottom: hutchinson sodas, druggist and liquor bottles, and privy-pit fill behind the first frame business blocks on the 1884 sheet.

Access: Gray area.

The James riverbed below the ordinary high-water mark is state public trust with restricted artifact removal; the townsite is private, so lot digging needs the owner's permission.

Satellite view, historic-map overlays, tide/flow context and field notes are in the app. Exact research detail is part of Pro.