Mounds Cemetery is a historic cemetery in rural Hempstead County , Arkansas . It is located off County Road 13 , northwest of the small community of Columbus . It is significant as the site of two Caddoan mounds , and as the burying ground for some of Hempstead County 's earliest white settlers . It is further significant as a stopping site along the Trail of Tears , the forced westward relocation of Native Americans in the 19th century
Trail of Tears
Trail of Tears
Mounds Cemetery