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Abbeville, LA

Riverbank Source-confirmed findsGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Codd and soda bottlesCodd and soda bottles
Stoneware ginger beersStoneware ginger beers
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: Sugar-town patent medicines, French bitters and gin.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Liz West (CC BY 2.0), Partonez (CC BY-SA 4.0), NPS (Public domain).

Why this spot

1890s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Vermilion River

Vermilion River trading town founded around a church square; bayou landings served the surrounding cane country.

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