BCE +/- 90 for the embankment. The neighboring ‘’Fiddleback" Mound was dated to 120 BCE +/- 70. Notable features In 1900, a series of strange misshapen skeletons were unearthed from similar mounds in nearby Alexandria, Indiana. This brought thousands of tourists from around the Mid-West. In 1910, several locals admitted to stealing chimpanzee skeletons from the nearby Muncie Zoo's monkey house. In 1915 the skeletons were sold to a local museum which burned down in 1919. What is now Mounds State Park was the location of an amusement park that operated from 1897 until 1929. While the amusement park exploited the native-made mounds, it also helped to protect them by making them a "point of regional pride and a destination"; otherwise they might have been plundered or otherwise destroyed. When the Great Depression hit, the property was sold to the Madison County Historical Society, which transferred ownership to the State of Indiana, after which it became Mounds State Park. Canoeing is also available in Mounds State Park, on the White River. See also Adena culture Hopewell tradition List of Hopewell sites List of burial mounds in the United States List of archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana List of Indiana state parks References External links Official Mounds State Park website Central States Archaeological Societies: Mounds State Park National Register of Historic Places for Madison County, Indiana Mounds in Indiana State parks of Indiana Anderson, Indiana Hopewellian peoples Native American history of Indiana 160s BC establishments 2nd-century BC establishments in the Adena culture Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana National Register of Historic Places in Madison County, Indiana Protected areas of Madison County, Indiana Protected areas established in 1973 1973 establishments in Indiana Nature centers in Indiana Tourist attractions in Anderson, Indiana Parks on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana