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Cote Sans Dessein French river settlement
Ghost town Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Buttons and buckles
Coins and tokens
Flint and stone toolsAlso reported: Spanish reales, large cents, lead balls, square nails.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Unknown (Public domain), West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), James St. John (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
1800s-1907 French trading and river town
French traders settled Cote Sans Dessein on the Missouri River around 1803, and in 1821 it was proposed as the state capital before Jefferson City was chosen. Repeated floods forced the town to move about a mile inland, floods damaged the second site too, and the post office closed in 1907.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Missouri River floodplain
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