Archeological Inventory for a Proposed Visitor Center, Mingo National Wildlife Refuge, Stoddard County, Missouri

Author(s): William J. Hunt, Jr.

Year: 2009

Summary

The Mingo National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) was established in 1944 as a resting and wintering area for migratory waterfowl in Stoddard and Wayne Counties in an area of southeastern Missouri known as the Bootheel. Annual visitation is approximately 20,000 persons per year. The current Refuge Visitor Center was constructed in 1973 just off Missouri State Highway 51 north of the town of Puxico. It occupies a narrow ridge overlooking the pools and marshlands of the abandoned channel. Deterioration of the structure and proposed expansion of public use facilities requires construction of a new Visitor Center. This work will take place at the same location as the current building in 2009 or 2010 as funding permits. Ground disturbance associated with this new structure will extend 55 ft (16.8 m) from the front of the current building. The replacement structure will have the same orientation as the current Visitor Center.

An archeological inventory of this location was completed in advance of proposed construction of a new Visitor Center for Mingo National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) to provide data to assist MNWR management in complying with pre-construction Section 106 requirements.

Cite this Record

Archeological Inventory for a Proposed Visitor Center, Mingo National Wildlife Refuge, Stoddard County, Missouri. William J. Hunt, Jr.. 2009 ( tDAR id: 398831) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8V126Z1

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Keywords

Culture
Archaic • Dalton • Historic • Mississippian • PaleoIndian • Woodland

Material
Building Materials • Chipped Stone • Metal

Site Name
23SO328 • 23SO329 • 23SO330 • 23SO331 • MNWR Visitor Center

Site Type
Communal / Public Structure • Historic Communal / Public Structure • Non-Domestic Structures

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview • Architectural Documentation • Ground Disturbance Monitoring • Heritage Management • Records Search / Inventory Checking • Site Evaluation / Testing

General
Lithics • Shovel Test • Soil Probe

Geographic Keywords
Bootheel • Mingo National Wildlife Refuge • Missouri (State / Territory) • St. Francis River • Stoddard County (County) • Wayne County (County)

Temporal Keywords
Historic • Prehistoric

Spatial Coverage

min long: -91.912; min lat: 35.586 ; max long: -88.572; max lat: 38.013 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Anne Vawser

Contributor(s): William J. Hunt, Jr.

Prepared By(s): Midwest Archeological Center, National Park Service

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