Hartley Fort State Preserve
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Coordinates: 43°26′N 91°22′W / 43.43°N 91.36°W Hartley Fort State Preserve is a 2-acre (8,100 m2) Iowa state preserve located on the Upper Iowa River in the Driftless Area, in Allamakee County of Iowa, USA.
Geography[edit]
Hartley Fort State Preserve sits on a terrace about 80 feet (24 m) above the Upper Iowa, seven miles (11 km) upstream of the confluence with the Upper Mississippi River.
Native Americans[edit]
The site is notable for remains of a fortified Native American effigy mound settlement. The mound builder people's era ruins seem to be associated with the Woodland period Oneota and Cahokia cultures.
Access[edit]
The Iowa Hartley Fort State Preserve land is privately owned, and there is no public access currently.
See also[edit]
Sources[edit]
- Iowa Preserves Guide - see Hartley Fort State Preserve, pg. 69
- Minutes of State Preserves Advisory Board, June 13, 1994
- Federal Register, March 25, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 58) Retrieved July 16, 2007
- Theler, James L. and Boszhardt, Robert F. "The end of the effigy mound culture: The late woodland to Oneota transition in southwestern Wisconsin", Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology, Fall 2000, Retrieved July 16, 2007
- http://sargasso.gis.iastate.edu/preserves/preserve.asp?Preserve=34 - Iowa Department of Natural Resources - Retrieved July 16, 2007 -[dead link]
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