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Port Lavaca Matagorda Bay port

Tidal foreshore Documented siteGray area
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What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: glass.

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

Why this spot

1900 historic-map era

Matagorda Bay port and county seat that grew after Indianola fell; bay-shore wharves and lots.

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