On The Water
The Etowah River flows over a Native American fish dam at the Etowah Indian Mounds Historic Site near Cartersville, Georgia. These V-shaped rock dams were built 500 to 1,000 years ago by the ancestors of the Cherokee Indians to capture fish. They remained in use into the 1900s. The rise in view at the right of the photo is one of the mounds at the historic site. This is the only spot on the Etowah between Cartersville and Rome where citizens can stand on public land and view one of these fish dams. Upper Coosa Riverkeeper is advocating for the permanent protection of historic sites in the Etowah River corridor to improve public access to the river.
