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La Balize French pilots' station at the river mouth
Ghost town Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Buttons and buckles
Flint and stone toolsAlso reported: musket balls, ship fittings, wrought nails, faience and stoneware sherds, case gin bottle glass.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), Unknown (Public domain), James St. John (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
1720s-1860 French fort and river pilots' village
A French fort and pilots' settlement near the mouth of the Mississippi, marked by a 62-foot wooden beacon by 1721, home to fishermen and river pilots who guided ships to New Orleans. Hurricanes destroyed it repeatedly, and after the 1860 storm the pilots moved upriver to found Pilottown.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
boat access only, shifting marsh, storms
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