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Harlan coalfield county seat dumps

Old dump ground Documented sitePermission required
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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: crockery.

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

Why this spot

1920 historic-map era

Coalfield county seat at the Cumberland River headwaters. Company-era refuse and town-lot dumps.

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