The Hauntingly Beautiful Place In Kentucky That Humans Left Behind
By Catherine Armstrong|Published January 22, 2018
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Catherine Armstrong
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Writer, editor and researcher with a passion for exploring new places. Catherine loves local bookstores, independent films, and spending time with her family, including Gus the golden retriever, who is a very good boy.
For several centuries the ancient Mississippian People lived on a bluff overlooking the Mississippi River on the border of what is now Kentucky and Missouri. They built ceremonial mounds, community plazas and homes, hunted, fished and planted food, and traded with other local people. Then, they vanished from the area. This is the Wickliffe Mounds State Historic Site. Let’s take a look:
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