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Okolona Black Prairie cotton-town dumps

Old dump ground Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: druggist glass.

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

Why this spot

1885 historic-map era

Chickasaw County cotton and rail town on the Black Prairie of the Mobile and Ohio line; depot back lots and dumps.

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