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Natchitoches, LA

Lake shore Source-confirmed findsGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

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

Also reported: patent medicines.

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

Why this spot

1890s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Cane River Lake (old Red River channel)

Oldest permanent settlement in the Louisiana Purchase; the Red River shifted east, leaving Cane River Lake fronting the old town.

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