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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 bottles
Sea pottery
MarblesAlso 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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