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Greenville (Lake Ferguson, former main-channel riverfront)

Lake shore Source-confirmed findsGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery
MarblesMarbles

Also reported: harmonica reeds and buttons, plus riverbank glass reworked by the 1890s channel move..

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, now fronting Lake Ferguson oxbow where the channel shifted

Prime river cotton port; LOC-confirmed Sanborn coverage. Dedupe by coordinates if already mapped.

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