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Denison Katy railroad gateway dumps
Old dump ground Documented sitePermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Old bottles
Sea pottery
Nails and fittingsPhotos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
1885 historic-map era
Born in 1872 where the Katy railroad crossed into Texas, a rowdy gateway town; ravine dumps hold dense 1870s-1900s refuse.
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