Bost Introduces Federal Legislation To Make Cahokia Mounds A National Park
A bill to make Cahokia Mounds part of a new national park was introduced in Congress on Thursday by Republican Rep. Mike Bost.
The Cahokia Mounds and Mississippian Culture National Historic Park would include Cahokia Mounds, plus ancient mounds in St. Clair, Monroe and Madison counties in Illinois — and Sugarloaf Mound in St. Louis, the last remaining mound in the city.
The National Park Service and state and local agencies would manage the park.
“We’re hoping that the Senate will move on this, as well, and then we can get it to the president’s desk,” said Bost, of Murphysboro. “So many other national treasures have been put into the Park Service, and this is a place where it should naturally be.”
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