The first thing you notice about the park are the two giant mounds that served as Native American ceremonial mounds and Civil War redoubt. This is where DeSoto first saw the Mississippi River. It's a quiet place across from the Metal Museum. Unless you just...More

Ancient Mississippian culture site (14,ooo years ago +/- ) with large intact mound. Also nearby Hernando DeSoto expedition's crossing of the Mississippi River in 1541. Interesting statuary & plaques & old abandoned buildings ('French Fort'.) Across the street is 1 of only 2 Metal Museums...More

No one was there except us...watched the squirrels play, while walking and reading the information stones in park.