Historical Markers and War Memorials in Sinking Spring, Ohio
West Union is the county seat for Adams County
Sinking Spring is in Adams County
Adams County(46) ► ADJACENT TO ADAMS COUNTY Brown County(56) ► Highland County(37) ► Pike County(19) ► Scioto County(63) ► Lewis County, Kentucky(20) ► Mason County, Kentucky(82) ►
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"Serpent Mound was purposefully built for a special, sacred purpose. I should think that anyone that views the Serpent will realize its sacredness and treat this place as they would any cathedral, synagogue, or mosque. When we see . . . — — Map (db m214419) HM
The ancestors of the American
Indians of the Eastern Woodlands
built Serpent Mound, but archaeologists
disagree about when they built it.
Some
argue
that the Adena culture
built the mound around 2,300 years
ago. This is the same culture . . . — — Map (db m214422) HM
Archaeologists from Ohio Valley Archaeology, Inc. assisted by volunteers, followed up on the magnetometry survey by excavating a trench across a portion of the lost coll feature. The results suggested that part of the mound had once covered this . . . — — Map (db m214408) HM
The serpent head was first described by Squire and Davis in "Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley" 1843
Saved from destruction in 1885 by Fredrick Ward Futnam, Professor of American Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University. . . . — — Map (db m214416) HM
Governor Charles Willing Byrd
was the son of Colonel William Byrd of
Virginia. In 1792 President John Adams
appointed him secretary of the Northwest
Territory and in 1802 he became acting
governor of the territory. He was a
delegate to the . . . — — Map (db m121877) HM
