 Towosahgy Site main platform mound | |
  Location in Missouri today  Towosahgy State Historic Site (the United States) | |
| Alternative name | Beckwith's Fort Archeological Site |
|---|---|
| Location | Mississippi County, Missouri, United States |
| Region | Missouri Bootheel |
| Coordinates | 36°41′36″N 89°14′08″W / 36.69333°N 89.23556°W |
| History | |
| Cultures | Mississippian culture |
| Architecture | |
| Architectural styles | platform mound |
| Architectural details | Number of monuments: 4 |
Beckwith's Fort Archeological Site | |
| Area | 116 acres (47 ha) |
| NRHP reference No. | 69000113[1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 29, 1969 |
| Towosahgy State Historic Site | |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 299 ft (91 m)[2] |
| Established | 1967[3] |
| Visitors | 2,383 (in 2022)[4] |
| Governing body | Missouri Department of Natural Resources |
| Website | Towosahgy State Historic Site |
Towosahgy State Historic Site (23MI2), also known as Beckwith's Fort Archeological Site, is a large Mississippian archaeological site with a Woodland period Baytown culture component located in Mississippi County, Missouri, United States. It is believed to have been inhabited from c. 400–1350 CE.[6] The site is maintained by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources as a state historic site. The name Towosahgy is an Osage word which means "old town". It is not known if members of the historic Osage people, who dominated a large area of present-day Missouri at the beginning of the 19th century, ever occupied the site.[7][8] The site was acquired by the Missouri state park system in 1967[3] and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1969 as NRIS number 69000113.[1]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Towosahgy State Park". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ a b "State Park Land Acquisition Summary". Missouri State Parks. August 25, 2011. Retrieved November 4, 2015.
- ^ "Missouri State Park Attendance For January - December, 2022" (PDF). Missouri State Parks. February 3, 2023.
- ^ "Towosahgy State Historic Site: Data Sheet" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. November 2017. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
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WilkieFieldWorkwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Towosahgy State Historic Site". Missouri Department of Natural Resources. December 10, 2010. Retrieved September 4, 2014.
- ^ Missouri Archaeology Society (n.d.). "Towosahgy Site 23MI2". Missouri Archaeology Society. Retrieved January 1, 2017. (includes 7 photographs)