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Barges of Mussel Shells
Shell buyers would travel up and down the river buying shells from the commercial musselers at their camps.

Photograph courtesy U. S. Bureau of Fisheries.

<b>Barges of Mussel Shells</b><br>Shell buyers would travel up and down the river buying shells from the commercial musselers at their camps.
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