Near Rolling Fork in Sharkey County, Mississippi — The American South (East South Central)

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Mont Helena

— Mississippi Mound Trail —

Photographed by Tim Fillmon, November 18, 2020

1. Mont Helena Marker Side 1

Inscription. Mont Helena may have had as many as three mounds in the past. The remaining mound is 26 feet high, but its original dimensions were even more impressive. Roughly 10 feet of mound fill was removed around 1900 prior to the construction of the Colonial Revival home now located on its summit, and flood deposits have likely buried several more feet at its base. Native Americans built the mound by alternating layers of clay and sand during the Mississippi Period (ca. AD 1200-1600).

Erected 2016 by the Mississippi Department of Archives and History.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Anthropology & Archaeology • Indigenous Peoples and Communities. In addition, it is included in the Mississippi Mound Trail series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1200.

Location. Marker is missing. It was located near 32° 56.589′ N, 90° 52.092′ W. Marker was near Rolling Fork, Mississippi, in Sharkey County. It was on Rolling Fork Road south of Helena Road, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker was in this post office area: Rolling Fork MS 39159, United States

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of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker was in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

in the Mississippi Delta,

and in the Great River Road Region.

Globally, it was in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it found itself in what was once New Spain,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 11 miles of this location, measured as the crow flies: Carter Mounds (approx. 1½ miles away); The Story of Teddy Bears (approx. 2.4 miles away); Sharkey County Courthouse (approx. 2½ miles away); Anguilla Mound (approx. 2.6 miles away); Rolling Fork Mounds (approx. 3.3 miles away); Grace Mounds (approx. 6.7 miles away); Hampton Plantation (approx. 9.8 miles away); Cary Mounds (approx. 10.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Rolling Fork.

Other markers no longer nearby. Muddy Waters (was approx. 2½ miles away but has been confirmed missing); What is a Shotgun Shack? (was

Mont Helena Marker Side 2 image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Tim Fillmon, November 18, 2020

2. Mont Helena Marker Side 2

approx. 2½ miles away but has been confirmed missing).

Also see . . . Mont Helena. (Submitted on April 11, 2021, by Tim Fillmon of Webster, Florida.)

Mont Helena Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Tim Fillmon, November 18, 2020

3. Mont Helena Marker

Mont Helena Marker is broken off and missing. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, October 26, 2023

4. Mont Helena Marker is broken off and missing.

Photographed by Tim Fillmon, November 18, 2020

5. Mont Helena

Credits. This page was last revised on October 28, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 11, 2021, by Tim Fillmon of Webster, Florida. This page has been viewed 1,538 times since then and 61 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 11, 2021, by Tim Fillmon of Webster, Florida. 4. submitted on October 28, 2023, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. 5. submitted on April 11, 2021, by Tim Fillmon of Webster, Florida.