Talk about an historic property! It only seems right the the Osage Indian Tribe ended up being the purchaser. They plan an interpretive center on the site. Following is an excerpt from an AP article at the newsok.com site.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — An Oklahoma-based tribe has bought the last remaining American Indian mound in
St. Louis for about $230,000.
Osage Nation Principal Chief Jim Gray described the purchase Friday as “a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.”
The tribe traces its ancestry to the ancient mound-building people who erected massive earthworks such as Cahokia Mounds in Collinsville, Ill.The Gateway City was once home to more than 40 mounds and was known as Mound City before the St. Louis moniker stuck. But urban development destroyed all of them but Sugar Loaf more than 100 years ago.
Read more about the purchase in the Osage Nation Executive.
View the detailed real estate ad with numerous pictures of the property.
