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Aberdeen (Monroe County Tombigbee port)

Riverbank Source-confirmed findsGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery
Clay pipe stemsClay pipe stems

Also reported: cotton-bale seals.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain), Surrey County Council, David Williams, (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Why this spot

1880s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Tombigbee River, at the historic Aberdeen landing and warehouse district

Prosperous pre-1900 Tombigbee cotton port with early LOC-confirmed Sanborn coverage.

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