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Hickory Catawba rail-town privies
Old dump ground Documented sitePermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Old bottles
Sea potteryAlso reported: crockery.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain).
Why this spot
1908 historic-map era
Catawba County town grown from an 1850s railroad tavern stop into a furniture and trade center. Old town lots hold privy and refuse pits from the late 1800s.
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