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Wyatt Tallahatchie River cotton port
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, Spanish reales, 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
1836-1870s river cotton port
Founded in 1836 at Love's Ferry and incorporated in 1838, Wyatt had fourteen businesses, a Masonic lodge, a large hotel and a gin factory, and was promoted as a rival to Memphis. The Panic of 1837 and the 1857 railroad bypass ruined it, and it was empty by the 1870s.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
riverbank erosion, swamp
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