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Commerce early Mississippi landing

Riverbank Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery
Clay pipe stemsClay pipe stems

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain), Surrey County Council, David Williams, (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

One of the oldest Missouri landings on the Mississippi below the Cape, trading since the 1790s and repeatedly cut by floods; the shrunken village sits on deep landing ground.

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