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Hattiesburg Piney Woods lumber hub

Old dump ground Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

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

1906 historic-map era

Hub City of the yellow-pine boom where several railroads crossed the Leaf and Bouie; mill-district dumps and early-ward privies date from the 1880s-1920s cut.

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