艾摩斯特市的熊山是蒙那肯族人(Monacan people)居住超過一萬年的地區，1607年時期的維吉尼亞歷史學家，詹姆士河(James River)的蒙那肯族人《包括達拉帕漢諾克河(Rappahannock River)的曼納豪克聯盟》控制了理奇蒙(Richmond)和藍色山脊山脈(Blue Ridge Mountains)之間。西維吉尼亞州的蒙那肯族的八個原住民部落，其中人口超過1700人，保存了我們過去原住民族的遺產和習俗，以及蘇族(Siouan)的語言和文化。網站介紹了蒙那肯族的歷史傳統，和蒙那肯族博物館，也提供新聞、資訊和照片。

Bear Mountain in Amherst County has been the home of the Monacan people for more than 10,000 years. The earliest written histories of Virginia record that in 1607, the James River Monacan (along with their Mannahoac allies on the Rappahannock River) controlled the area between the Fall Line in Richmond and the Blue Ridge Mountains. The most western of Virginia''s eight tribes, the Monacan Nation - over 1,700 strong - preserves our past heritage and ancient customs, bringing together the Siouan language and culture.