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Historic Sites Attractions In Stanton

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Stanton is an unincorporated community in southern Franklin County, Missouri, United States. It lies on Interstate 44 at the junction with Missouri Supplemental Route W, which provides access to Meramec Caverns, located approximately two miles southeast along the Meramec River.A post office called Stanton has been in operation since 1857. The community took its name from the nearby Stanton copper mines. In addition to Meramec Caverns, Stanton has the Riverside Reptile Ranch, Creative Chainsaw Carvings and Rustic Decor, and a KOA campground.
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  • 1. Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site Collinsville
    The Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site is the site of a pre-Columbian Native American city directly across the Mississippi River from modern St. Louis, Missouri. This historic park lies in southern Illinois between East St. Louis and Collinsville. The park covers 2,200 acres , or about 3.5 square miles , and contains about 80 mounds, but the ancient city was much larger. In its heyday, Cahokia covered about 6 square miles and included about 120 manmade earthen mounds in a wide range of sizes, shapes, and functions.Cahokia was the largest and most influential urban settlement of the Mississippian culture, which developed advanced societies across much of what is now the central and southeastern United States, beginning more than 1,000 years before European contact. Today, Cahokia Mounds is ...
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