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Panna Maria oldest Polish colony

Old dump ground Documented sitePermission required

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

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

Oldest permanent Polish settlement in the US, founded 1854; small church-centered farm village lots.

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