Red Mountain, so named for the hilly, red clay terrain on the west side of the Flat River was the site of a Tuscadora Indian village (possibly a seasonal village only,) located near the falls of the Flat River. A nearby flint quarry supplied raw materials for tools and weapons. The Tuscadora ('Hemp Gatherers') also raised bison, which they evidently drove into a pit uncovered near the Flat River. The surrounding area was a fertile hunting ground, and a waypoint on the Indian Trading Path.