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Brewton (Murder Creek / Burnt Corn Creek, Conecuh drainage)

Riverbank Source-confirmed findsGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Codd and soda bottlesCodd and soda bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: often higher-end: patent medicines, bitters, imported and applied-top whiskey.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), Liz West (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain).

Why this spot

1890s+ Sanborn-mapped town on At the junction of Murder Creek and Burnt Corn Creek in the Conecuh River drainage, a wealthy late-19th-century longleaf-lumber town.

Confirmed Sanborn coverage on the live LOC index; earliest sheet read as November 1893. Timber-wealth town, so expect a richer mix of imported and better-grade bottles near the creek junction.

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