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Indian Mound and Museum

  • March 29, 2006
  • Rated 3 of 5 by NiteOwlTX from LaPlace, Louisiana
Indian Mound and Museum

This is one of the domiciliary Indian mound in the Tennessee Valley area. It measures 43 feet high, with a summit that is almost 1500 feet². The mound was created by a pre-historic tribe of Indians before the Cherokees, Chickasaws and the Creek Indians came to Alabama.

The great mound, called "Wawmanona" by the Indians, was the home to the local chief or spiritual man. It is believed that the Indian chief / wise man would have been the only one living on the mound with occasional visitors who were seeking his counsel. His children would have lived in a village below the mound, but only one without blood stained hands could eventually take his place. Anyone who fought in a war could not live on the hill.

Dating back to about 500AD, the artifacts in the museum consist of a wide variety of tools used throughout that time are the discovery of this area by Europeans. There is a brief slide show that shows the different tools used by the early settlers in this area. Also, take a little time to speak to the attendant. The lady that was working on the day that I went to the museum went on and on about the Indian culture and what various people had told her about the mound. While she went on a little too long, that was the most interesting part of this attraction.

I recommend a visit to this attraction for anyone interested in history, especially Native American history or pre-Colombian history. I also recommend this attraction for all families with children who would be interested in this site.

Website: www.flo-tour.org/indianmound.html

From journal The Shoals of Alabama

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