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Matagorda old colonial port
Tidal foreshore Documented sitePermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
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
Victorian bottle era, historically mapped
1829 Austin colony port at the Colorado mouth, a cotton harbor repeatedly hurricane-struck; bayfront and old-town lots hold republic-era to Victorian refuse.
Keep exploring nearby
More spots in this area.