Hartley Fort State Preserve
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Hartley Fort State Preserve is a {{convert|2|acre|m2|adj=on}} state preserve located on the Upper Iowa River in the Driftless Area, in Allamakee County, Iowa, United States.
Geography
Hartley Fort State Preserve sits on a terrace about {{convert|80|ft|m}} above the Upper Iowa, {{convert|7|mi|km|spell=in}} upstream of the confluence with the Upper Mississippi River.
Native Americans
The site is noted for remains of a fortified Native American effigy mound settlement. The mound builder people's era ruins seem to be associated with the Woodland period Oneota and Cahokia cultures.
Access
The Iowa Hartley Fort State Preserve land is privately owned, and there is currently no public access.
See also
Sources
- {{Cite book |title=[Iowa Preserves Guide] |publisher=Iowa Department of Natural Resources |page=69 |chapter=Hartley Fort State Preserve |chapter-url=https://www.iowadnr.gov/portals/idnr/uploads/preserves/preservesguide.pdf#page=35}}
- {{Cite periodical |date=June 13, 1994 |others=Motion was made by Martha Maxon to approve the request from Fred Finney to conduct test excavations at Hartley Fort with the three stipulations recommended by Chairperson Schermer. Seconded by Jonathan Steege. Motion carried unanimously. |title=Item #10 - Archaeological Work at Hartley Fort / Request for archaeological testing at Hartley Fort |url=http://dnr.iowa.gov/spab/archive/94jun13m.pdf |url-status=dead |work=Minutes of State Preserves Advisory Board |publisher=North Iowa Area Community College |publication-place=Charles City, Iowa |pages=2, 15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928015848/http://dnr.iowa.gov/spab/archive/94jun13m.pdf |archive-date=2007-09-28}}
- {{Cite periodical |last=National Park Service |first=Department of the Interior |last2=Robbins |first2=John |date=March 25, 2004 |orig-date=Dated: February 9, 2004; Filed: March 24, 2004 |title=Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural Items: State Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa City, IA |url=https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2004/03/25/04-6643/notice-of-intent-to-repatriate-cultural-items-state-historical-society-of-iowa-iowa-city-ia |access-date=2024-11-18 |department=Notices |work=Federal Register |pages=15369–15371 |volume=69 |issue=58 |id=[https://www.federalregister.gov/d/04-6643 FR Doc. 04–6643]. [https://web.archive.org/web/20070929121812/http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/14mar20010800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2004/04-6643.htm DOCID:fr25mr04-95] }}
- {{Cite journal |last=Theler |first=James L. |last2=Boszhardt |first2=Robert F. |date=Fall 2000 |title=The End of the Effigy Mound Culture: The Late Woodland to Oneota Transition in Southwestern Wisconsin |url= |journal=Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology |publisher=The University of Iowa |volume=25 |issue=2 |pages=289–312 |issn=0146-1109 |jstor=20708138}}
- http://sargasso.gis.iastate.edu/preserves/preserve.asp?Preserve=34{{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} - Iowa Department of Natural Resources - Retrieved July 16, 2007 - {{dead link|date=August 2009}}
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Category:Former Native American populated places in the United States