OCMULGEE NATIONAL MONUMENT

Well before the arrival of the first Europeans, the region was occupied by Amerindian peoples whose origins date back to more than 17 000 years. From this culture that anthropologists and archaeologists break down in Paleoindian Culture, Archaic Drainage, Woodland Drainage and Mississippian Period from 900 BC, there are only a few wonderful burial, sometimes houses, sometimes ceremonies of ceremonies, some of which can be visited. The Creek are the last people to have succeeded on these lands at the Mississippiens, which mysteriously disappeared in 1250, before re-appearing briefly and in small numbers until 1350 (Lamar Culture). The Spaniard Hernando Desoto (1496-1542) was the first to explore the region in 1540.

In addition to its museum established in Visitor Center and burial visit, the park is a place of assez picnic, which is also ideal for wildlife observation. Beautiful wetlands are close to Walnut Creek and Ocmulgee river.

Every year, on the third weekend of September, the Ocmulgee Indian Celebration brings together several Amerindian communities in a great feast open to all.