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Matamoros

Tidal foreshore Source-confirmed findsPermission required
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What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Codd and soda bottlesCodd and soda bottles
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), Liz West (CC BY 2.0), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

1868 historic-map era

Border river port that boomed during the US Civil War cotton trade.

Keep exploring nearby

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