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The name reflects the 19th-century tradition of sending diphtheria, cholera and yellow fever sufferers to retreats on the mountain. A week's stay at the Hotel Monte Sano, a three-story Queen Anne–style luxury health resort with 233 rooms that opened in 1877, [3] cost $11 and included amusements like bowling, horseback riding, croquet and lawn ...
Monte Sano Mountain is a mountain located in Huntsville, Alabama.The name Monte Sano is Spanish for "Mountain of health". [2] The mountain was given its name by Dr. Thomas Fern, who along with his two brothers, founded a small colony on the mountain during an epidemic of yellow fever, malaria, and cholera.
Monte Sano Mountain (Spanish for "Mountain of Health") is the most notable and is east of the city, along with Round Top (Burritt), Chapman, Huntsville, and Green mountains. [66] Others are Wade Mountain to the north, Rainbow Mountain to the west, and Weeden and Madkin mountains on the Redstone Arsenal property in the south.
Aboriginal Native cultures existed during the Archaic period and built earthen mounds in the area now known as Scotlandville. The Monte Sano Mound site 16BTR17 was located just south of the Airport in Scotlandville area along the Monte Sano Bayou waterway, which cuts through Scotlandville and connects to the Mississippi River.
Monte Sano may refer to: Monte Sano Mountain, Monte Sano State Park, and Monte Sano Nature Preserve, all in Huntsville, Alabama, USA; Monte Sano (6500 BCE), Early Archaic period mound complex in Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Monte-Sano & Pruzan, an American fashion house founded by Vincent Monte-Sano senior, originally called Monte-Sano.
Monte Sano Nature Preserve is, at 1,107 acres (448 ha), one of the largest urban nature preserves in the US and is located on Monte Sano Mountain in Huntsville, Alabama. The Land Trust of North Alabama manages the nature preserve and Land Trust volunteers have created 23+ miles of public trails.
One of the two Monte Sano Site mounds, excavated in 1967 before being destroyed for new construction at Baton Rouge, was dated at 6220 BP (plus or minus 140 years). [6] Researchers at the time thought that such hunter-gatherer societies were not organizationally capable of this type of construction. [ 6 ]
Monte Sano State Park offers over 14 miles (23 km) of hiking trails [13] Monte Sano Nature Preserve, the green backdrop for the city of Huntsville, offers 1,107 acres and 23+ miles of public trails. Singing River Trail of North Alabama is a future 70-mile bicycling and walking trail that will connect Huntsville to multiple nearby cities. [14] [15]