Mound Builders

ID: 2778
This file appears in: Little Mountain Indian Mound
Mound Builders

This image depicts members of the ancient mound builder culture. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.

This file appears in: Little Mountain Indian Mound

By Tim Talbott
Historical Marker #2290 in Mount Sterling notes the location of an ancient Native American burial mound that was leveled in 1845. Mount Sterling, founded around 1792, was originally known as Little Mountain Town. It developed this name from the…