Little Round Hill Trading Site
Little Round Hill Trading Site is a archaeological site in Minnesota. Archaeological site associated with documented cultural history. Excavations in 1992 and 2009–2010 recovered occupation evidence consistent with a trading camp; identification with the narrated fort remains interpretive. Local lore holds that Ojibwe oral history recorded by William Warren connects this location with a late-eighteenth-century trading post and battle.
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Is Little Round Hill Trading Site haunted?
The record holds 1 claim, 1 legend — filed as reported, not verified. The heaviest filing is classed documented legend. The archive documents the claim; it takes no position on the ghost.
The record — long form
Little Round Hill is the memory — the 'Flat Mouth's story' that's the childhood attack, the '1852 told' that's the Warren recorded. The 'blacksmith's fort' is the fought — the 'Awashtoyaa' that's the French trader, the '200 Dakota' that's the raiders repelled. The 'musketballs' is the proven — the '1992 dig' that's the lead found, the 'oral validated' that's the dirt confirmed.
The 'borderland' is the contested — the 'Ojibwe-Dakota' that's the hunting grounds disputed, the 'Crow Wing' that's the river's edge. The 'Wadena' is the named — the 'little round hill' that's the word's meaning, the 'town took' that's the name adopted. Little Round Hill is the rare — the 'story matched artifacts' that's the archaeology's win, the 'winter encampment' that's the traders' risk.
The file keeps Little Round Hill: Flat Mouth's account, the blacksmith's fort, the musketballs found, and the name's origin.
Little Round Hill is the archive's Minnesota file — where oral history met the trowel.
Why this file matters
Little Round Hill is the archive's Minnesota file — Ojibwe memory proven by musketballs.
A site keeps its told — the file's suggestion being that the hill's hold is the corroborated: the 'Flat Mouth's child' that's the eyewitness kept, the '200 attacked' that's the numbers remembered, and the 'lead found' that's the story's proof.
The record of claims
Ojibwe oral history recorded by William Warren connects this location with a late-eighteenth-century trading post and battle. The account has been recorded since 1852 account by William Warren; earlier oral transmission is undated.. The reports at Little Round Hill Trading Site are the site's second history — unofficial, unverified, and stubbornly retold. 'Little Round Hill Trading Site' preserves the telling; the record keeps it filed where it belongs, as lore. Sources including 'Little Round Hill Trading Site' keep the claim in circulation. The legend does what legends do — it explains the place in a way the records can't.
Ojibwe oral history recorded by William Warren connects this location with a late-eighteenth-century trading post and battle. The account has been recorded since 1852 account by William Warren; earlier oral transmission is undated.. Little Round Hill Trading Site's file is thin on proof and long on persistence — the standard profile of American place-lore. The story is documented as legend — recorded and retold, never verified as fact. Every community keeps one story like this; this is theirs.
Documented history
Excavations in 1992 and 2009–2010 recovered occupation evidence consistent with a trading camp; identification with the narrated fort remains interpretive. The site's documented history is the record the rest of the file stands on. It's verified history: the dossier's load-bearing detail. The record appears in 'Little Round Hill Trading Site'. It is the kind of fact the rest of the dossier leans on.
Sources on file
- 01Old Wadena Park CampgroundWadena County Government · government · A1
- 02Little Round Hill Trading SiteMinnesota Historical Society / Wadena County Historical Society / Lina Belar · historical society · A2
Field notes & open questions
Publicly interpreted park site; oral tradition is not recast as supernatural. Archaeology supports occupation without proving every narrative detail. Do not disturb deposits.