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Columbus (Lowndes County Tombigbee river town)

Riverbank Source-confirmed findsGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

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

Also reported: 1880s hand-blown druggist, buttons and marbles in downtown privy vaults.

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

Why this spot

1880s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Tombigbee River, along the town's historic riverfront

Well-preserved antebellum river town; deep pre-1900 LOC-confirmed Sanborn coverage.

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