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Prairie Bluff Alabama River cotton landing
Ghost town Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Buttons and buckles
Nails and fittingsAlso reported: Large cents, cotton bale ties, stoneware, early bottle glass.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), Unknown (Public domain), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
1819-1861 Alabama River cotton landing, gone by 1900
A town atop a chalk cliff on the Alabama River on the road between Cahaba and St. Stephens, with a cotton slide that sent bales down to steamboats. It peaked in 1861 and declined quickly once railroads arrived after the Civil War.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
cliff edge, reservoir shoreline
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