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Southeast, Mississippi

Grand Gulf MS (state park - restricted)

Riverbank Inferred from historyRestricted

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: Look in the park; permission digs outside: cotton-boom glass with an 1863 hard stop..

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: NPS (Public domain).

Why this spot

1828-1863

Boom cotton port hit by yellow fever, river cave-ins, then war - documented decline.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Kudzu-covered cave-in banks.

Keep exploring nearby

More spots in this area.

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