1. The Archaeological Conservancy owns three parcels at Cahokia Mounds , Illinois. 2. Early European settlers also named Cahokia Mounds after the Illini. 3. While there he also worked on the Cahokia Mound site. 4. Cahokia Mounds is a National Historic Landmark and a designated site for state protection.5. By about 1300, the urban society at Cahokia Mounds was in serious decline. 6. Some of the most sophisticated work comes from the culture centered on the Cahokia Mounds in southwestern Illinois. 7. The Cahokia Mounds park in Illinois, for example, draws more than 450, 000 people a year. 8. The Trails West Council was founded in 1991 when the Piasa Bird Council and the Cahokia Mounds Council joined. 9. The dramatic finds encouraged the Governor of Illinois to budget for an expansion of the Cahokia Mounds State Park. 10. In Madison County, Senator Beall with other representatives propositioned the purchase and preservation of the Great Cahokia Mound .
