Ocmulgee (pronounced "oak-mull-ghee") is a memorial to the antiquity of people in Southeastern North America. From Ice Age hunters to the Creeks of historic times, there is evidence of at least 10,000 years of human habitation. Between 900-1150, an elite society supported by skillful farmers lived on this site near the Ocmulgee River.
They constructed a town of rectangular wooden buildings, huge pyramidal temple mounds, and at least one burial mound. Circular earth lodges served as places to conduct meetings and ceremonies.
After this large early ceremonial center declined, other villages were built in the area by the later Mississippian "Lamar" Culture. These were the people encountered by Spaniard Hernando de Soto in 1540. During historic times, the great mounds continued to evoke awe and admiration. Naturalist William Bartram journeyed through Ocmulgee in the 1770s and described the "wonderful remains of the power and grandeur of the ancients in this part of America." In the early 1900s, the area was put into a large renovation, and the site was made into its present manifestation.Read more about the Ocmulgee Indian Mounds on the Wiki Page.