Nat Geo wrote:Instead of imagining the thousands of people who once teemed on the grand plaza here, I keep returning to the fact that Cahokia Mounds in Illinois is one of only eight cultural World Heritage sites in the United States, and it's got a billboard for Joe's Carpet King smack in the middle of it.
Seriously, you guys need to come visit the metro east side of St. Louis and learn all the cool crap that happened here. The area may not be as relevant now as it used to be, but the history here is pretty hard to compete with.
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I had never heard the story. I knew of the Indian mounds there, and in St Louis, but not the actual story. Kinda cool. They have only excavated 1%, and they have no idea where the people went.
Well, hopefully, it will please you to know that the story of the Cahokia Mounds - as scant as it is - is a staple of local classrooms and an annual target for field trips.
Or maybe I should say 'was'. It was that way when I was a kid. No idea if it is now, but I would assume it's not changed much.
StlSluggers wrote:Well, hopefully, it will please you to know that the story of the Cahokia Mounds - as scant as it is - is a staple of local classrooms and an annual target for field trips.
Serpent Mound, in Peebles, Ohio, was the same for our schools.
wrveres wrote:I had never heard the story. I knew of the Indian mounds there, and in St Louis, but not the actual story. Kinda cool. They have only excavated 1%, and they have no idea where the people went.
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