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Submitted by AKFisher on Sunday, 10 September 2023  Page Views: 137

Pre-ColumbianSite Name: Old Fort (Miami, MO) Alternative Name: 23 SA 104
Country: United States
NOTE: This site is 117.146 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: Great Lakes Midwest Type: Artificial Mound
Nearest Town: Miami, MO
Latitude: 39.259040N  Longitude: 93.26228W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
3 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Old Fort (Miami, MO)
Old Fort (Miami, MO) submitted by AKFisher : Old Fort and Van Meter State Park panorama. Photo credit: Wiki (Americasroof) (Vote or comment on this photo)
Old Fort, also known as Missouri Archaeological Survey Number 23SA104, is a historic archaeological site located at Van Meter State Park near Miami, Saline County, Missouri. It was first identified in 1879. It is an earthwork embankment dating to the period just before and/or during contact with the first Euro-American explorers.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.[1]

History:
The park and surrounding lands were once the home of the Native American tribe known to French settlers as “Oumessourit,” or Missouri Indians. Signs of the land's first occupants include the remnants of a Native American village, known as the Utz Site,[5] a sizeable earthworks named Old Fort,[6] and a mound field. Source: Wikipedia (see link below).

References:
1. National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Missouri Archaeological Society (January 2007). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Old Fort (23SA104)".
5. Missouri Archaeological Society. Retrieved 2017-02-01. "Description of Uzt site and finds". December 18, 2012. Retrieved October 16, 2015.
6. Old Fort - Van Meter State Park. Waymarking. Groundspeak, Inc. Retrieved October 16, 2015

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Wikipedia

Missouri State Parks

Directions: From Miami, MO via MO-41 S and Green Ave, 7.1 mi.

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Van Meter State Park, Missouri American Indian Cultural Center
Van Meter State Park, Missouri American Indian Cultural Center
Van Meter State Park, Missouri American Indian Cultural Center
Van Meter State Park, Missouri American Indian Cultural Center
Van Meter State Park, Missouri American Indian Cultural Center
Van Meter State Park, Missouri American Indian Cultural Center

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