Indian Springs in Columbus in Franklin County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Bill Moose

Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, April 26, 2018

1. Bill Moose Marker

Inscription. The Treaty of Greeneville temporarily ended the Indian Wars and opened the west to white settlers. Kihue (aka Bill Moose), a Native American and member of the Wyandotte tribe, was born in Ohio in 1837. By 1846 all but twelve Wyandotte families had removed to Kansas. Bill and his family remained in Ohio. They kept native traditions, traveling throughout the state, using the rivers as guides. In1878 Bill joined the Sells Brothers Circus. He traveled the world playing the role of an Indian in Bill Cody’s Wild West Show. In 1915 he returned to central Ohio. He made his home in a cave in the Overbrook (Adena) Ravine. When his cave home collapsed, neighbors built him a cabin at the corner of Indianola and Morse Roads. Bill lived in that cabin for many years. He entertained the children of the area with his stories. Ultimately he moved to the Franklin County Home for the Aged. Kihue died on July 12, 1937, a few months shy of his 100th birthday. Tens of thousands are said to have attended his funeral. His final resting place is along the Scioto River. A stone tepee marks the site. Bill Moose is known as the

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last Wyandotte in Ohio.

Erected 2016 by Friends of Bill Moose, Clintonville Historical Society.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Entertainment • Indigenous Peoples and Communities.

Location. 40° 2.846′ N, 83° 1.202′ W. Marker is in Columbus, Ohio, in Franklin County. It is in Indian Springs. It is on High Street near Indian Springs Dr., on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 4202 N High St, Columbus OH 43214, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Ohio’s Scioto Valley.

It is also in the American Midwest

and in the Corn Belt.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Philo Webster and Webster Graveyard

Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, April 26, 2018

2. Bill Moose Marker

full view, looking south

(here, next to this marker); Clintonville Woman's Club / Kiwanis Club of Northern Columbus (approx. 0.3 miles away); Beechwold / The Cottages (approx. 0.4 miles away); Rand P. Hollenback (approx. 0.4 miles away); Beechwold Pillars (approx. 0.9 miles away); Dominion Land Company Mound An Early Woodlands Period Structure/Sunwall and Moonwall Murals (approx. 1.1 miles away); Clintonville / Clinton Township (approx. 1.1 miles away); Clinton Theater / Memory Lane (approx. 1.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Columbus.

Related marker. Click here for another marker that is related to this marker.

Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, April 26, 2018

3. Bill Moose Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on February 3, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 26, 2018, by Rev. Ronald Irick of West Liberty, Ohio. This page has been viewed 1,465 times since then and 87 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 26, 2018, by Rev. Ronald Irick of West Liberty, Ohio. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.