The house has been purchased to serve as a research center and was, at one time, the home of the Fingerhut family who owned the area of the western portion of the Cahokia Site. Located on Collinsville Road, the Fingerhut House lies across from the site of Powell Mound, the third largest mound of the Cahokia Site. Powell Mound was destroyed during the 1930s when the surrounding area began to be developed. PARC members are actively volunteering to salvage archaeological data from sites being destroyed in the American Bottom. The Center will be used as an educational resource for university students, teaching prehistoric crafts, and instructing pre-college educators of the importance of archaeology Memberships are available in PARC for 2000.
Membership includes an annual newsletter that covers information on local and regional archaeology.
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