Prehistoric Mounds of St Charles - Episode 1 - The Antiquarians

In this viewer-inspired video series, we explore one of the prehistoric Native American mound groups set along the Fox River in Kane County, Illinois. This mound group goes by several names, including the Allen Site, the Wildrose Mound site, and the Ferson Mound site. (We'll refer to it as the Ferson Mound group, as this was the original name.) Dozens of prehistoric Native American mounds once existed along both the east and west banks of the Fox River in Illinois, but alas are no more. In this first episode, we'll describe the first formal exploration of the Ferson Mound group in 1877, by a group of antiquarians from the nearby village of Geneva, Illinois, set on the farm of John Ferson, along the west bank of the Fox River, just a mile or so north of St Charles, Illinois. Note that this mound site is no longer generally accessible to the public, although thousands of people pass within 100 feet of the site every day of the week, along Illinois Route 31. Thanks for taking the time to watch. Please feel free to comment. To support our channel, please LIKE AND SUBSCRIBE!!! Brian & Joyce IMAGE CREDITS (NPR = www.newspapers.com, GB = www.google.com/books) US Library of Congress, www.loc.gov History Central, www.historycentral.com www.wikiwand.com www.wikipedia.org David Rumsey Map Collection, www.davidrumsey.com wellcomecollection.org Internet Archive Digital Library, archive.org Chicago Tribune, www.newspapers.com Manhattan Enterprise, www.newspapers.com Detroit Free Press, www.newspapers.com Philadelphia Inquirer, www.newspapers.com New York Daily Herald, www.newspapers.com Baltimore Sun, www.newspapers.com Oskaloosa Sickle, www.newspapers.com St Louis Globe Democrat, www.newspapers.com Star Tribune, www.newspapers.com www.ushistoryimages.com www.scienceviews.com Google Books, books.google.com US Census Information, www.familysearch.org Southwest Harbor Public Library, swhplibrary.net Smith College Libraries, libex.smith.edu US Bureau of Land Management, www.blm.gov www.findagrave.com Kane County Vital Records, www.familysearch.org New York Public Library, digitalcollections.nypl.org The Gutenberg Project, www.gutenberg.org Nether Providence Historical Society, nphistory.org Daniel Graf, www.researchgate.net www.chicagology.com www.tricountyindependent.com www.stltoday.com www.brewminate.com www.ohiohistory.org www.nebraskahistory.org St Charles Chronicle, www.idaillinois.org College of DuPage Courier, codlrc.org/intranet/archives/courier AUDIO CREDITS (YAL = YouTube Audio Library) Opening and Closing theme includes the following: Native American Style Flute in A by Wood Flutes License: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Link: freesound.org/people/Wood_Flutes/sounds/333996/ Native American Shaker and Rattle 01 by sandyrb License: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Link: freesound.org/people/sandyrb/sounds/86656/ City highway busy cars pulling out by natemarler License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Link: freesound.org/people/natemarler/sounds/338675/ Maestro Tlakaelel by Jesse Gallagher, YAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Charles Ellenbaum, who has been generous with his time in reviewing the 1972 dig Peter Geraci, who provided a significant amount of information relative to the mound site Brian Bardy, who provided the draft report of the 1972 dig, as well as important additional information Viewers Jack and Donna, who provided the initial information and spark for this investigation TABLE OF CONTENTS 00:00:00 Titles and Opening 00:00:22 Introduction 00:01:47 Sources 00:02:55 Geneva Lyceum 00:06:48 Expedition North 00:08:55 Three Mounds 00:09:59 Southern Mound Dig 00:12:25 Summary of Finds 00:15:12 Changing Views 00:18:14 Next Episode 00:18:32 End Titles COPYRIGHT © 2021 EASTMONT MEDIA ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. #history #Illinois #kane #geneva #stcharles #prehistoric #burialmounds #nativeamerican #archeology #anthropology