Florida
Apalachicola, Franklin County
Tidal mudflat Source-confirmed findsGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Old bottlesAlso reported: oyster-house and cannery refuse, and steamboat-landing dumps along the riverbank and old cotton-warehouse district..
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).
Why this spot
1890s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Apalachicola Bay and the mouth of the Apalachicola River on the Gulf coast
Cotton-trade wealth left substantial masonry buildings and a busy 19th-century waterfront; river-landing refuse is the prime target.
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