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Artist's concept. Cahokia Mounds / kəˈhoʊkiə / (11 MS 2) [2] is the site of a pre-Columbian Native American city (which existed c. 1050–1350 CE) [3] directly across the Mississippi River from present-day St. Louis. The state archaeology park lies in south-western Illinois between East St. Louis and Collinsville. [4]
Killed in a plane crash during a pursuit along with the plane's owner: 32: Just over the Missouri-Arkansas line near Corning, Arkansas Trooper: Wayne W. Allman: 10-27-1955: Killed in a car crash while en route to another crash: 34: Intersection of Missouri State Route 35 and Missouri State Route B Trooper: Jesse R. Jenkins: 10-14-1969
The word Cahokia has several different meanings, referring to different peoples and often leading to misconceptions and confusion. Cahokia can refer to the physical mounds, a settlement that turned into a still existing small town in Illinois, the original mound builders of Cahokia who belonged to a larger group known as the Mississippians, or the Illinois Confederation subtribe of peoples who ...
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July 25, 2024 at 8:09 PM. ST. LOUIS (AP) — A man who was on the verge of walking out of prison this week after a judge found evidence of “actual innocence" and overturned his murder conviction ...
The history of Missouri begins with settlement of the region by indigenous people during the Paleo-Indian period beginning in about 12,000 BC. Subsequent periods of native life emerged until the 17th century. New France set up small settlements, and in 1803, Napoleonic France sold the area to the U.S. as part of the Louisiana Purchase.
July 20, 2022 at 8:13 PM. File photo. Cahokia Heights police found a man and a woman shot to death inside of a home in the 5800 block of Old Missouri Avenue on Wednesday afternoon. Cahokia Heights ...
The Cahokia polity was a political entity that existed with Cahokia as its center and exercising control over outlying areas. Unlike other Mississippian chiefdoms, the Cahokia polity had an unusual early emergence, high population, and noted greater regional influence. The majority opinion that a Cahokia chiefdom or a proto-state existed is due ...