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Yazoo City (Yazoo River cotton port)

Riverbank Source-confirmed findsGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings

Also reported: 1880s hand-blown liquor.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

1880s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Yazoo River, at the town's historic riverfront and boat landing

Classic river cotton port with early LOC-confirmed Sanborn coverage.

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