View of Sugarloaf Mound and the cliffs on the bluff below it
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NRHP reference No.
84002689[1]
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February 17, 1984
38°34′30″N90°13′52″W / 38.5748728°N 90.2310482°W / 38.5748728; -90.2310482Sugarloaf Mound is the sole remaining Mississippian culture platform mound in St. Louis, Missouri, a city commonly referred to in its earlier years as "Mound City" for its approximately 40 Native American earthen structures.[2]
Sugarloaf Mound is the last remaining of the mounds built within present-day St. Louis by a Native American culture that thrived in the area from A.D. 600-1300.[3] It is the oldest human-made structure in the city of St. Louis.[4]
^"National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^Moore, Doug. "Last Native American mound in St. Louis is visited by tribe that purchased site". STLtoday.com. Retrieved November 27, 2021.
^Holleman, Joe. "Spotlight: House on St. Louis' last Indian mound torn down". STLtoday.com. Retrieved November 27, 2021.
^"Saving Sugarloaf Mound in St. Louis, Missouri". Nps.gov. Retrieved November 27, 2021.
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