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Lost Eastern towns fall to erosion and growth in soil decay
In Maryland and Virginia a trio of once thriving ports Port Tobacco Piscataway and Bladensburg faded from prominence as centuries of farming cleared forests and washed soil into streams The result erosion filled channels and emptied harbors leaving bulky ruins beside empty streets and decayed courthouses.
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Mount Vernon
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Yorktown
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