Green Township in Chillicothe in Ross County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Great Seal State Park
Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, May 28, 2024
1. Great Seal State Park Marker
The hills where you stand were inspiration for the design of the Great Seal of then State of Ohio. The seal, first depicted in 1803, was often reconfigured until the present image was sanctioned by the Ohio General Assembly in 1967 and modified in 1996. In 1803 the law prescribed the sheaf of wheat to represent Ohio's agricultural roots and the bundle of seventeen arrows to symbolize Ohio's place as the seventeenth State in the Union. In the background is a range of hills, including Mount Logan, as viewed from Thomas Worthington's estate, Adena, now a State memorial. The sun's thirteen rays represent the thirteen original colonies the Scioto River flows between the hills and the cultivated fields in the foreground.
Tradition attributes the design to the cooperative vision of Thomas Worthington, the first U.S. Senator and father of Ohio statehood, Edward Tiffin, Ohio's first Governor, and William Creighton, Ohio's first Secretary of State. After an all-night meeting at Adena, they viewed the sun rising over Mount Logan and chose the scene for the state seal. Much of the land illustrated in the great seal of the State of Ohio now comprises Great Seal State Park.
Erected by Ohio Department of Natural Resources.
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Location. 39° 24.147′ N, 82° 56.506′ W. Marker is in Chillicothe, Ohio, in Ross County. It is in Green Township. It is on Camp Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 382 Camp Rd, Chillicothe OH 45601, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the Scioto Valley and in Southern Ohio Hill Country. It is also in the American Midwest, in the Corn Belt, and in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France, the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, and the Northwest Territory.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Covid-19 Pandemic Memorial Grove (a few steps from this marker); Trees Shaped Ohio's History (within shouting distance of this marker); Ohio Department of Natural Resources 75th Anniversary (within shouting distance of this marker); The Great Seal of the State of Ohio (approx. 0.4 miles away); Welcome (approx. 0.4 miles away); Discover (approx. 0.4 miles away); William Addison "Billy" Ireland (approx. 0.4 miles away); Ceremonial Places (approx. 3.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Chillicothe.
Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, May 28, 2024
2. Great Seal State Park Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on May 30, 2024. It was originally submitted on May 30, 2024, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana. This page has been viewed 441 times since then and 35 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 30, 2024, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana.
