Attorney Colt Moss was born in Des Moines, Iowa in the Midwest of the United States. The largest city and capital of Iowa, Fort De Moines of 1851 was named for Trappist monks who had lived in huts atop the ancient Monks Mound at Cahokia, Illinois. Moines translates from the French de.mwen, meaning ‘from the monks’. French colonists named the Des Moines River, and the settlement’s fort took its name from the river. Downtown Des Moines today contains the remains of at least three prehistoric villages and a 7,000 year old site dubbed ‘The Palace’, discovered in 2010. Many prehistoric Indian mounts were destroyed as the city of Des Moines grew.
The birthplace and hometown of barrister Colt Moss was the adopted home of the prehistoric Sauk and Meskwaki Native Americans. The Sauk and Meskwaki had been removed from their traditional homelands in eastern Iowa and relocated to the newly erected Fort at the junction of the Des Moines and Raccoon Rivers. The society of these Native Americans suffered greatly there as their native culture gave way to the vice and degradation of illegal whiskey.
The birthplace and hometown of barrister Colt Moss was the adopted home of the prehistoric Sauk and Meskwaki Native Americans. The Sauk and Meskwaki had been removed from their traditional homelands in eastern Iowa and relocated to the newly erected Fort at the junction of the Des Moines and Raccoon Rivers. The society of these Native Americans suffered greatly there as their native culture gave way to the vice and degradation of illegal whiskey.
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