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Port Leon hurricane-destroyed cotton port
Ghost town Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Buttons and buckles
Nails and fittingsAlso reported: Large cents, Spanish reales, stoneware and transfer-printed sherds, early bottle glass.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), Unknown (Public domain), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
1837-1843 cotton port and railroad terminus
A river port on the east bank of the St. Marks River that shipped Red Hills cotton by rail and wagon, with wharves, warehouses, a hotel, two taverns and a newspaper serving several hundred people. It became the Wakulla County seat in March 1843, then a hurricane with a 10-foot surge destroyed it that September and residents moved inland to Newport.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
marsh, alligators, insects
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