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Effigy Mounds National Monument
Historic Resource Study
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Effigy Mounds National Monument
Historic Resource Study



1 August 2003


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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Fire Point Mound Group  

Did You Know?
Stephen H. Long, of the U.S. Army's Topographical Engineers, explored and described the Effigy Mounds National Monument region in expeditions undertaken in 1817 and 1823. Long was one of the first to document the presence of mounds in the Upper Mississippi River Valley.

Last Updated: August 01, 2006 at 14:47 EST