Caddo Mounds: Learning from and Supporting the First Farmers in Texas

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USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service

 May 4, 2022

Caddo Mounds: Learning from and Supporting the First Farmers of Texas

Alan Shadow and Tony Souther in the NRCS Seed Testing site

Alan Shadow (l), NRCS's East Texas Plant Materials Center Manager, explains some of the plant varieties to Tony Souther (r), Caddo Mounds State Historic Site Manager in the NRCS seed testing site.

Caddo Mounds State Historic Site employees, Anthony Souther and Rachel Galan, are working closely with Alan Shadow, manager of NRCS's East Texas Plant Materials Center, and other groups including the US Forest Service, Stephen F. Austin State University College of Forestry and Agriculture, and volunteer groups like the Texas Master Naturalists and the Texas Master Gardeners to restore the native prairie lands at the site.

“Caddo Mounds, as far as I’m aware, is the only state property in Texas open to the public that addresses a Native American cultural site,” says Anthony Souther who works for the Texas Historical Commission as the Historic Site Manager at Caddo Mounds State Historic Site in Alto, Texas. “This site interprets that Native American history to the Texas public.”

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Texas NRCS

101 S. Main Street
Temple, TX 76501

Phone: 254-742-9800
Fax: 844-496-8111

Kristy Oates, State Conservationist

254-742-9800
kristy.oates@usda.gov