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Mississippi Mound Trail – Lake George Mounds Traditional Cache

Hidden : 3/14/2017
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

This is a simple cache.  It is a baby soda bottle at a significant historical site.  This cache is along the roadside.   You do not have to go to the mounds to make the find.  And you would be trespassing if you do.  There is parking at the historical marker. 


Mississippi has many historical mounds.  The Mississippi Department of Archives and History has created the Mississippi Mound Trail to tell the story of these mounds.  These mounds are believed to have been built by Native Americans some 300 to 2100 years ago.  The earliest of these mounds are believed to have been built in the Middle Woodland Period.  The building of mounds continued through the Late Woodland Period and into the Mississippian Period.  Most Mississippian mounds were ceremonial in nature, rectangular, flat-topped earthen platforms that had temples or houses of important people on them. 

At 28 mounds, his site is thought to be one of the largest mound complexes in Mississippi.  Excavations in the area have led researchers to believe that people have been living in the area since the Poverty Point Period (1500-1000 BC) and mounds first started appearing in the Coles Creek Period (850-1000 AD).  Mound A is the main feature of this complex and is some 55 feet tall. Most likely this mound was the site of the chief leader’s dwelling.  Today many of the smaller mounds are barely recognizable or have been plowed away all together. A couple of the larger mounds have (somewhat) modern houses on them.  There are historic markers that tell the tale of the mounds.

You can learn more about this mound and the Mississippi Mound builders at: http://trails.mdah.ms.gov/mmt/lakegeorge/index.html#

Ok yeah, the Honey Badgers assembled and caches fell in their wake. Others had months to find it and didn't, but the Badgers hit town and made short work of it.

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Decryption Key

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