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Buena Vista Maury River boom town

Old dump ground Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: crockery, slag.

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

Why this spot

1908 historic-map era

Planned 1890 iron and industrial boom town on the Maury River. The short-lived boom left furnace and factory refuse.

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