Located on the east bank of the Ocmulgee River in Macon, Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park is one of the region’s greatest historical treasures - a Native ancestral land shaped by “17 millennia of continuous human habitation.” Earlier this year, the park doubled in size through the acquisition of adjacent land – the “Ocmulgee Old Fields” - that was under threat of industrial development.
Dr. Matt Jennings, professor of history at Middle Georgia State University, is a leading scholar of the park’s history. In this Q&A, he discusses the cultural significance of the park to the region and why this is an exciting time for Ocmulgee.
Read his Perspective here.
Photo by John Legg.