Hartley Fort State Preserve Explained
43.43°N -91.36°WHartley Fort State Preserve is a 2acres 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 80feet above the Upper Iowa, seven miles (11 km) 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
- Iowa Preserves Guide - see Hartley Fort State Preserve, pg. 69
- Minutes of State Preserves Advisory Board, June 13, 1994
- Federal Register, March 25, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 58) Retrieved July 16, 2007
- Theler, James L. and Boszhardt, Robert F. "The end of the effigy mound culture: The late woodland to Oneota transition in southwestern Wisconsin", Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology, Fall 2000, Retrieved July 16, 2007
- http://sargasso.gis.iastate.edu/preserves/preserve.asp?Preserve=34 - Iowa Department of Natural Resources - Retrieved July 16, 2007 -
