Hartley Fort State Preserve

Coordinates: 43°26′N 91°22′W / 43.43°N 91.36°W / 43.43; -91.36 Hartley Fort State Preserve is a 2-acre (8,100 m²) Iowa state preserve located on the Upper Iowa River in the Driftless Area, in Allamakee County of Iowa, USA.

Geography[]

Hartley Fort State Preserve sits on a terrace about 80 feet (24 m) above the Upper Iowa, seven miles (11 km) upstream of the confluence with the Upper Mississippi River.

Native Americans[]

The site is noted for remains of a fortified Native American effigy mound settlement. The mound builder people's era ruins seem to be associated with the Woodland period Oneota and Cahokia cultures.

Access[]

The Iowa Hartley Fort State Preserve land is privately owned, and there is currently no public access.

See also[]

• Earthwork (archaeology)

Sources[]

• Iowa Preserves Guide - see Hartley Fort State Preserve, pg. 69
• Minutes of State Preserves Advisory Board, June 13, 1994
• Federal Register, March 25, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 58) Retrieved July 16, 2007
• Theler, James L. and Boszhardt, Robert F. "The end of the effigy mound culture: The late woodland to Oneota transition in southwestern Wisconsin", Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology, Fall 2000, Retrieved July 16, 2007
• http://sargasso.gis.iastate.edu/preserves/preserve.asp?Preserve=34^{[permanent dead link]} - Iowa Department of Natural Resources - Retrieved July 16, 2007 -^{[dead link]}