Dauphin Island, AL
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Shell Mounds 1910 photo. Pier extending into Little Dauphin Bay on east-end/north side of the Island. Photo courtesy of the University of South Alabama Archives Select for an Enlarged Photo- Fast Load (75 dpi) Select for an Enlarged Photo - Slow Loading (300 dpi) Select photos below for an Enlargement:

"This photo was taken before the development of the Island. It is of the back Shell Mounds. What makes it look strange is that there used to be little bayou that ran through the mounds and ended up all they way over by the Circle K. If you look at the photo carefully, the shoreline of Little Dauphin Island can be seen in the background." Ralph Havard, State of Alabama Department of Conversation. Photo courtesy of the University of South Alabama Archives

The Dauphin Island Shell Mounds, now a park and bird refuge, date from the Mississippian Period (AD 1100 to 1550). They were visited for centuries by Indians who gathered and roasted oysters and fished in Little Dauphin Island Bay off the Gulf of Mexico. Photo courtesy of the University of South Alabama Archives

A 1940 photo of the Island shell mounds, University of Alabama Libraries

A 1940 photo of the Island shell mounds, University of Alabama Libraries

Around 1910, only cedar trees (which are tolerant of the alkaline soil of shell middens) are evident near the eroded shore line of Dauphin Island Bay. Photo courtesy of the University of South Alabama Archives

1958 postcard with a photo of Indian Shell Mounds, north side of Dauphin Island.

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