The Flower Mound - Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature in United States in The Southwest
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Site Name: The Flower MoundCountry: United States
NOTE: This site is 8.246 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: The Southwest Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Nearest Town: Flower Mound
Latitude: 33.014490N Longitude: 97.06696W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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The Flower Mound is located at 2400 Flower Mound Road, in the town of Flower Mound, Texas, on the northeast corner of the FM3040 and FM2499 crossroads. This historic site is a 12.576-acre native Tall Grass Prairie segment of the Great American Black Land Prairie. Nineteenth century settlers named this landmark, The Flower Mound, for the profusion of wildflowers that grow there.
On January 11, 1984, The Texas State Historical Commission approved The Flower Mound as a State of Texas Historic site.
The Flower Mound was created some 66- to 144-million years ago during the Cretaceous Period. Once the oceans receded from this region, The Mound towered some 50 feet above the adjoining Blackland Prairie.
Myths abound about The Mound, including that it was built by an Ancient Culture or is an Indian Burial Mound. Edward Marcus had several locations on The Mound excavated by SMU Archeologists, but no Indian remains were found.
Shards of pottery dated 700 AD were found at the base of The Mound by Sweetie Bowman in the 1970s. Wichita Indians were the primary Native Americans in Flower Mound, but several other tribes lived in the area, as well.
The Mound was sacred for the Wichita Indians and possibly other tribes. Wichita’s buried their dead in sacred ground, and often in high ground. The Mound could be a resting place for some Native Americans.
Source and more information at The Flower Mound Foundation
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