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Pre-ColumbianSite Name: Old Fort (Miami, MO) Alternative Name: 23 SA 104Country: United States
NOTE: This site is 35.426 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:
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 |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
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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 |
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5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
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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
Further reading and information:
Wikipedia
Missouri State Parks
Directions: From Miami, MO via MO-41 S and Green Ave, 7.1 mi.
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