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Washington-on-the-Brazos old ferry town

Old dump ground Documented siteRestricted

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Sea potterySea pottery
Old bottlesOld bottles

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

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

Brazos ferry town where Texas independence was signed in 1836, a cotton port that died refusing the railroad; townsite is now parkland and fields.

Keep exploring nearby

More spots in this area.

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