Record #:

4813

Author(s):

Ellis, Marshall

Abstract:

The Pee Dee Indians vanished from the Sandhills in the 1400s and their culture lay buried beneath cornfields in Montgomery County until 1937, when the state recognized the value of the site and purchased it. Excavated for nearly fifty years by Joffre Coe, the Town Creek Indian Mound is the only North Carolina Historic Site devoted exclusively to Native American history. The site was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1965.

Source:

Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 68 Issue 6, Nov 2000, p54-59, il

Subject(s):

Lighthouses; Excavations (Archaeology)--Montgomery County; Town Creek Indian Mound; Pee Dee Indians--North Carolina--Antiquities