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Haystack Landing (lower Petaluma River)

Riverbank, tidal Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: 1850s-60s potential - the earliest glass in the corridor outside town.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: NPS (Public domain).

Why this spot

1852-1880

[doc-history] The landing and the 1854 steamer boiler explosion are documented; no documented digs.

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