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Friars Point (Coahoma County steamboat landing)

Riverbank Source-confirmed findsGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery
MarblesMarbles

Also reported: plus scattered riverbank glass where the levee front has caved..

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

Why this spot

1880s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Mississippi River, at a historic Delta steamboat landing behind the levee

Early pre-1900 Delta landing; LOC-confirmed Sanborn coverage. Small but promising undisturbed town.

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