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The first European settler in Sterling, Hezekiah Brink, noted the mounds when he arrived in 1834. Among some of the other early European settlers was a group of men who were interested in starting a Science Club.
When the University of Chicago excavated Kincaid in the 1930s and 1940s, their team identified nine mounds on the site's Massac County portion. In 2003, a tenth mound was identified. It is a small mound that was later covered with a midden, and it lies along the current road near the county line on the southeastern corner of the town plaza ...
The UKB members are composed primarily of descendants of the "Old Settlers," Cherokees who settled in present-day Arkansas and Oklahoma around 1817. [6] They were well established before most of the Cherokees were forcibly relocated by the United States government from the Southeast to Indian Territory in what became known as the 1838 Trail of ...
Of the five known third line communities in the Cahokia system, the Horseshoe Lake Site is the only one which is relatively intact. The site also includes substantial plant and animal remains, which indicate that its settlers produced maize. [2] The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 26, 1980. [1]
It’s back: Old Settlers celebration in Olathe means parade, kids’ fun, these 2 acts. Elaine Adams. September 2, 2022 at 3:00 AM. 1 / 2.
The shape of an ancient Indigenous mound can still be seen in a burial lot located at the Forest Home Cemetery and Arboretum on Saturday October 26, 2024 in Milwaukee, Wis.
When Illinois became a sovereign state in 1818, the Ordinance no longer applied, and there were about 900 slaves in the state. As the southern part of the state, known as "Egypt", was largely settled by migrants from the South, the section was hostile to free blacks and allowed settlers to bring slaves with them for labor.
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