Etowah Indian Mounds

This week is James' turn at camp. Chris dropped him off at Boy Scout camp on Sunday. Before James went to camp, he had to complete some pre-requisites for the Citzenship in the Nation merit badge. One of the requirements that he had to do was:

Visit a place that is listed as a National Historic Landmark or that is on the National Register of Historic Places. Tell your counselor what you learned about the landmark or site and what you found interesting about it.

We went on-line and searched for some place nearby that met one of those two requirements and found the Etowah Indiana Mounds in Cartersville, Georgia, less than an hour away. Plus, it sounded interesting.


Some pictures from our outing. We noticed that our camera lens needed to be cleaning afterwards, so our pictures are a bit hazy.

James and Hannah standing by a sign that says that the Etowah Mounds is on the National Register of Historical Places.

An example of one of the homes that the Native Americans lived in at this site.

This is the borrow pit. The Native Americans took the dirt from here to create thier mounds.

Approaching the largest of the mounds.

We climbed the approximate 130 steps up to the top of the mound. The homes of the priests were originally built on top of the mounds.

This picture was taken at the top of one mound, looking down at another mound.

The family at the top of the mound.

We only spent an hour because we had a lot left to do that day since James was heading to camp the next morning. James thought it was pretty cool and was glad that we chose that for his historic site.