Effigy Mounds National Monument preserves more than 200 prehistoric mounds built by pre-Columbian Mound Builder cultures, mostly in the first millennium...

burial mound function. The builders of the effigy mounds are usually referred to as the Mound Builders. Over 3200 animal-shaped effigy mounds have been...

The Alligator Effigy Mound is an effigy mound in Granville, Ohio, United States. The mound is believed to have been built between AD 800 and 1200 by people...

the National Park Service in 1945, due to the presence of many Native American effigy mounds, and is now known as Effigy Mounds National Monument. The...

National Register of Historic Places in 1970. The vast majority of effigy mounds are mounds, where people piled soil a few feet above the natural surface of...

several groups is preserved at Effigy Mounds National Monument. Like most mounds in Iowa, excavation reveals that these mounds were commonly used as sacred...

include Effigy Mounds National Monument, the various components of the Yellow River State Forest, the enormous Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife...

those age 65 or over. Effigy Mounds National Monument is found in the southeast corner of the county. Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge...

(1857-1951), considered a key person to gaining protection for the Effigy Mounds National Monument, established by Congress in 1949 to protect hundreds of prehistoric...

term Indian Mounds Park may refer to: Beattie Park Mound Group in Rockford, Illinois Effigy Mounds National Monument, Iowa Indian Mound Park in Dauphin...

sites throughout Ohio. Effigy mounds have been constructed independently by several cultures. The significance of Serpent Mound is based on its size and...

tallest arch. Built as a monument to the westward expansion of the United States, it is the centerpiece of the Gateway Arch National Park, which was known...

like lidar. Lidar's first applications were in meteorology, for which the National Center for Atmospheric Research used it to measure clouds and pollution...

"Effigy Mounds National Monument". National Park Service. January 15, 2009. Retrieved January 19, 2009. "El Malpais National Monument". National Park...

Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park (formerly Ocmulgee National Monument) in Macon, Georgia, United States preserves traces of over ten millennia...

County, before joining the Mississippi near Marquette and Effigy Mounds National Monument. Much of the river's course is very scenic, coursing between...

Census Bureau. Retrieved May 11, 2012. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008. Effigy Mounds National Monument...

are 48 National Park Service areas 18 National parks 5 National monuments 13 National Historic Sites and National Historical Parks 3 National lakeshores...

other six National Park Service sites along the river are (listed from north to south): Effigy Mounds National Monument Gateway Arch National Park (includes...

terraced fields. Effigy Mounds National Monument in Allamakee and Clayton Counties has the largest assemblage of animal-shaped prehistoric mounds in the world...

itself. The other two National Park Service sites along the river are: Effigy Mounds National Monument and the Gateway Arch National Park (home to the Gateway...

state. It is close to Wyalusing State Park in Wisconsin, and Effigy Mounds National Monument and Pikes Peak State Park in Iowa, sites of natural and manmade...

Wisconsin. Effigy Mounds National Monument is at the heart of a network of adjacent parks, state forests, preserves, as well as national wildlife refuges...

architect lived there as an infant from 1867-1869 16 to Life Effigy Mounds National Monument "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved...

Official Units of the National Park System of the United States is the collection of physical properties owned or administered by the National Park Service. As...

Memorial, Belfast. Church monuments to commemorate the faithful dead, located above or near their grave, often featuring an effigy, e.g., St. Peter's Basilica...

building effigy mounds abruptly ceased with the appearance of the Oneota Culture. The Ho-Chunk claim descendancy from both the effigy mound-building Late...

its geographic area. While the NPS currently divides the various parks, monuments, and other units among seven regions, the passport booklet organizes parks...

first national park". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 2022-05-31. "The Movement to Create a National Park in Iowa - Effigy Mounds National Monument"....

far north as Lake Pepin, and Red Wing, Minnesota, over to Effigy Mounds National Monument, the Upper Iowa River, and La Crosse, Wisconsin dated from...