Pinellas Point Mound: remains removed, mound cut, then named for a "princess" (Indian Mound Park, St. Petersburg, 1880s–1960)

Record: the document says itPattern: documents line upLens: our readingOpen: not yet proven

Year: 1880 · Places: Florida, Europe

SUMMARYPinellas Point Mound: remains removed, mound cut, then named for a "princess" (Indian Mound Park, St. Petersburg, 1880s–1960) [Connections: Tampa Bay, Nov 5, 2026]
RECORDWikipedia records that human remains were reported removed from the area in the 1880s, that the temple mound was "partially destroyed in 1929," that Ed C. Wright donated the site to the city in 1958, and that the Princess Hirrihigua Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution put up a marker in 1960
PATTERNFirst the dead were taken, then the mound was cut, then a settler group renamed it with a figure from a Spanish chronicle
LENS (WW9)They dug up the dead, cut the mound, and then put up a plaque
OPENWho removed the remains in the 1880s and where they went; the cause of the 1929 destruction (needs deep research)
SOURCEPinellas Point Mound (Wikipedia).
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