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Sugarloaf Mound

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Sugarloaf Mound is the sole remaining Mississippian culture platform mound in St. Louis, Missouri, a city commonly referred to in its earlier years as "Mound City" for its approximately forty Native American earthen structures. [1]

12 relations: Cahokia, Carondelet, St. Louis, Interpretation centre, Interstate 55, Louisiana Purchase Exposition, Mississippi River, Mississippian culture, Missouri Department of Transportation, Osage Nation, Platform mound, St. Louis, Wabash Railroad.

Cahokia

The Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site (11 MS 2) is the site of a pre-Columbian Native American city (circa 1050–1350 CE) directly across the Mississippi River from modern St. Louis, Missouri.

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Carondelet, St. Louis

Carondelet is a neighborhood in the extreme southeastern portion of St. Louis, Missouri.

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Interpretation centre

An interpretation centre, interpretive centre, or visitor interpretive centre is an institution for dissemination of knowledge of natural or cultural heritage.

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Interstate 55

Interstate 55 (I-55) is a major Interstate Highway in the central United States.

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Louisiana Purchase Exposition

The Louisiana Purchase Exposition, informally known as the St.

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Mississippi River

The Mississippi River is the chief river of the second-largest drainage system on the North American continent, second only to the Hudson Bay drainage system.

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Mississippian culture

The Mississippian culture was a mound-building Native American civilization archeologists date from approximately 800 CE to 1600 CE, varying regionally.

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Missouri Department of Transportation

The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT — pronounced "MO-dot") is a state government organization in charge of maintaining public roadways of the U.S. state of Missouri.

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Osage Nation

The Osage Nation (Osage: Ni-u-kon-ska, "People of the Middle Waters") is a Midwestern Native American tribe of the Great Plains who historically dominated much of present-day Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, and Oklahoma.

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Platform mound

A platform mound is any earthwork or mound intended to support a structure or activity.

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St. Louis

St.

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Wabash Railroad

Norfolk Southern Railway The Wabash Railroad was a Class I railroad that operated in the mid-central United States.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugarloaf_Mound

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