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Southeast, Louisiana

Shreveport LA

Red River boom

Old dump ground Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Codd and soda bottlesCodd and soda bottles

Also reported: 1870s caches, cotton-boom whiskies..

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Liz West (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Boomed after the Red River raft cleared (1873)

Construction unearthed 1870s bottle caches downtown; Shreveport hutches dug locally.

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