Emerald Mound (October 4, 2018)

Some 800 years ago, ancestors of the Natchez tribe built an 8-acre mound that was about 60 feet high at the top.  Atop the mound were temples, burial sites, and ceremonial structures used for nearly 300 years.  I stood at the highest point of what is now a  high, grassy mound close to the Mississippi River.