Ivanhoe Posted January 23 Posted January 23 https://www.texasalmanac.com/articles/la-belle-and-fort-st-louis Quote Unable to see in the muddy water, the Florida State University student archaeologist felt carefully along the cylinder until he found a lump, which he thought might be one of two handles used to lift a cannon. Then his hand found the second lifting handle, which confirmed that it was indeed a cannon, heavily encrusted with marine deposits from long years under water. The jubilant Meide reported his find to the waiting crew in the dive boat above. Carefully they raised the cannon to the deck of a barge and moved it to the Corpus Christi Museum of Science and History for cleaning and further inspection. Meide was part of a team assembled by the Texas Historical Commission. What they were searching for in the muddy Matagorda in the summer of 1995 was La Belle, a ship brought to the Texas coast by French explorer René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, more than 300 years before. https://www.texasbeyondhistory.net/stlouis/ Imagine being an archaeology student. Years of fruitless digging, with the very slim hope that you find a coin or spoon. And then this. If you like reading about history, the story of the La Belle and Fort Saint Louis will probably be interesting.
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