Approximately two hundred earthen survey mounds roughly parallel to the Alabama-Florida boundary once marked the original dividing line between Spanish West Florida and the United States territory, as delineated by Maj. Andrew Ellicott in 1799. Many of them have since been obliterated, and those remaining are not well identified. A comprehensive survey to determine the location of the remaining mounds and an educational campaign to make landowners aware of their significance would facilitate the preservation of these resources.
Survey Mounds Associated with Ellicott's Line, South Alabama, c.1799 (Places in Peril 2000)10/23/2000
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