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Title: Oxford, AL Mound
Post by: GhostBear on July 09, 2009, 04:58:25 pm

If this is in the wrong place please put in the correct forum.

A mound site in Oxford, AL is threatened by construction of a Sam's Club.  The Anniston Star has an article about the mound and construction: http://www.annistonstar.com/pages/full_story/push?article-State+laws+offer+few+protections+for+mound%20&id=2901863-State+laws+offer+few+protections+for+mound&instance=home_news (http://www.annistonstar.com/pages/full_story/push?article-State+laws+offer+few+protections+for+mound%20&id=2901863-State+laws+offer+few+protections+for+mound&instance=home_news)

Title: Re: Oxford, AL Mound
Post by: BlackWolf on July 16, 2009, 04:32:32 pm

Thanks for the info GhostBear.  I wonder if the Creeks in Alabama are getting involved in trying to preserve it?

Title: Re: Oxford, AL Mound
Post by: GhostBear on July 21, 2009, 12:59:53 pm

I'm sure they are....it's all over the state now.  I've posted it to all my blogs and there was a Twitter protest along with a real protest on site over the weekend.  The WalMart "empire" can be defeated.  They stopped a proposed WalMart here where I am when it would have destroyed a very small cemetery that contained the remains of a Revolutionary War soldier.....they don't care what they destroy in their quest for more $$$.

Title: Re: Oxford, AL Mound
Post by: E.P. Grondine on August 12, 2009, 02:15:49 am

This may sound off topic to some, but right on topic to others here. My favorite is when I was at an interstate visitor's center in Kentucky on my way to Big Bone Lick, and I heard the desk attendant tell a tourist that there hadn't been any Indians in Kentucky.

The last thing they steal is your history.