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Mississippi
Greenville (Lake Ferguson, former main-channel riverfront)
Lake shore Source-confirmed findsGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Old bottles
Sea pottery
MarblesAlso 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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