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Castroville Alsatian Medina River colony

Riverbank Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: crockery.

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

Why this spot

1900 historic-map era

Alsatian colony of 1844 on the Medina River; well-preserved 1800s stone-house town.

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