NY Mounds

Norman has lived in Western New York his entire life. Around 1965, he became convinced that there must have been tremendous battles between early Native Americans right there on his Great-Grandfather’s farm, due to the very many flint arrowheads, spear heads, ax heads, and mealing stones his grandfather found while plowing. This farm was just outside of Batavia, New York. Many others had large collections of similar materials.

In 1981, only 16 years later, Norm and his wife Mary were exposed to a strange but intriguing book; The Book of Mormon. They joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, connected with this book, that same year.

This book speaks of two families who originated in Judea around 6oo B.C. They constructed a ship and sailed to what they called “the promised land.” This has been deemed to be North America, from the introduction in the book that says the American Indians are the descendants of these people. The text says they grew into thousands of people that were continuously at war after dividing into two groups.

When Norm began to examine the description given in the text of the geography and the objects they created, both domestically and for war, he began to see a correlation. 

There is a well-documented history of what is known as the Hopewell mound builders that once lived in Western New York. The New York State archeological report from the early 1900s concluded that these Hopewell divided into two groups, and migrated from Ohio into the southwest corner of Western New York. It concluded that they were pursued by Iroquois tribes into New York, and that the Iroquois were originally part of the same culture as the Hopewell people. It also concluded that the Iroquois either drove the Hopewell out, or destroyed them.

This archeological conclusion drawn from the evidence matches the Book of Mormon text, which also describes the weapons they used, both of stone and metal. The text description of the geography of their world also matches the geography of eastern Ohio and Western New York. These matches are hot-spot locations where mounds or defensive forts, mass graves, and many of the remains of weapons have been found.

This landmark work, The Lost Mounds of Western New York,  proves the Book of Mormon is an authentic ancient text. It is only an introduction to a vast subject, each chapter only touching upon the very tip of the iceberg on each related part of the topic.

The facts of the physical evidence proving that the Book of Mormon is an authentic ancient text is unknown by most. There have been many models that have many major flaws and are incorrect. This model has every facet that matches the text exactly. These ancient cities and villages can be found in the form of stone walls and stone piles where the Book of Mormon says they are, if one has the keys of knowledge and the spirit of revelation to understand it.