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Upper Saura Town (deserted settlement) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 36 19 33 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 36.3266 decimal degrees |
| Long: 080 05 42 W degrees minutes |
Long: -80.0958 decimal degrees |
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Note: Upper Saura Town was inhabited from ca. 1450 CE to 1710 by a Native American community described as the "Saura," "Sara," or "Cheraw." The Saura and their towns were referred to in Hernando de Soto's expedition journals from 1540. After attacks from members of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy and white settlers, Upper Saura Town was abandoned in 1710; the remaining Saura joined the Catawba in southern North Carolina and northern South Carolina. |
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Stokes (county) (P) |
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| deserted settlement (preferred, C) |
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| archaeological site (C) |
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| historic site (C) |
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| Pre-Columbian (C) |
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| Native American (C) |
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| town (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| near/adjacent to .... |
Little Dan River .......... (river) |
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(World, North and Central America, United States) [2454431] |
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Lower Saura Town .......... (deserted settlement) |
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(World, North and Central America, United States, North Carolina, Rockingham county) [8712693] |
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