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Pearlington lumber landing on the Pearl

Riverbank Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings

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

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

Oldest Hancock County town, shipping Pearl River pine and charcoal to New Orleans through the 1800s; landing and mill refuse edges the riverbank.

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