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From Council Bluffs to Red Oak
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Read more about these archaeological and
historical landmarks in the
2009 Team Archaeology Booklet! |
Archaeological and
Historical Landmarks
Loess Hills - Glenwood Earthlodges
| Nearly 300 earthlodge sites have been identified in the southern Loess Hills, extending from Council Bluffs to Thurman. The lodges date from
about A.D. 1150 to 1300, with the greatest concentration found near Glenwood. Early Native American people built square-shaped timber houses set within
shallow pits.
Excerpt from the 2009 Team Archaeology booklet. |  An excavation of an earthlodge |
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| The Mormon Trail Through Iowa |
 Hand cart on the Mormon Trail |
On February 4, 1846, the initial group of Mormons (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-
day Saints) left their home of Nauvoo, IL to cross what was then the Iowa Territory (Iowa didn’t become a state until
December 28, 1846), taking their first difficult steps toward the Great Salt Lake Valley.
Excerpt from the 2009 Team Archaeology booklet. |
 Effigy Mounds Marching Bear |
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