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Clarksville (Cumberland River)

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

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 Cumberland River at the mouth of the Red River, at the old tobacco wharves

Dark-fired tobacco port at a two-river junction with heavy steamboat traffic; Fort Defiance Civil War ground sits above the confluence, so keep off protected areas.

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