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On the Wisconsin-Iowa Border, the Mississippi River is Eroding Sacred Indigenous Mounds

CLAYTON, Iowa - The Sny Magill Unit of Effigy Mounds National Monument is a hidden wonder. A dozen miles downstream from the park's visitor center along the Mississippi River, the path starts with a ...
NOLA.com

Mississippi River is eroding sacred Indigenous mounds in this part of the country

Coir logs filled with coconut fiber are shown in the Sny Magill Unit of Effigy Mounds National Monument along the Mississippi River near Clayton, Iowa. The logs were placed as a temporary fix to ...
WMUR

Remains, headstones from cemetery fall into river in Rumney

EDGE WITH WHAT’S BEING DONE TO PREVENT FURTHER LOSS. YOU CAN SEE JUST HOW BAD THE EROSION IS. IT GOES UP ABOUT 40FT AND RIGHT ON THE EDGE OF THAT EMBANKMENT, THERE ARE LITERALLY HEADSTONES. I GUESS ...
The Gazette

Mississippi River eroding Iowa’s sacred Indigenous mounds

National Park Service museum technician Sheila Oberreuter walks Sept. 13 along coir logs put in place two seasons ago to provide temporary protection from erosion at the Sny Magill unit of Effigy ...
MinnPost

On the Wisconsin-Iowa border, the Mississippi River is eroding sacred Indigenous mounds

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