Dickson Mounds

 
 
Many years ago, a dentist bought a farm in central Illinois. He noticed that there were high mounds and wondered what was in them. The mounds are bigger than you can see when you are there. The second picture is of me on the observation deck of the museum. The view of the countryside is quite unobstructed. The first picture is of our P-day group, Elder and Sister Cottrell, Wayne and Me, Elder and Sister Farnsworth, and Elder and Sister Seamons. When Mr. Dickson began digging around the top of this mound, he found human remains. He didn't touch them. He carefully removed the dirt and exposed the bones. He found several and did the same thing. Archeologists were delighted that he didn't move anything. The graves were exactly as they were when the person was buried. These graves were on public display for many years until laws were passed against such practices as displaying human remains. This was a world-wide movement. The Cairo Museum moved all of its mummies out of public display. There is a wonderful museum on top of this great mound where a resident archeologist teaches about the indian culture that lived in this area. He also teaches at the local university and we enjoyed his tour very much. We asked if he was familiar with the Book of Mormon and he said he had one on the shelf in his office. We saw evidence of Lamanite culture.