While the Adena were building great mounds here, around the world the Great Wall of China (500-200 BC) and Roman Coliseum (72-80 AD) were built. China's Confucius (551-479 BC) and Greece's Socrates . . . — — Map (db m178768) HM
Prehistoric Kanawha Valley
Adena People (Mound Builders) lived in the Kanawha Valley during the Woodland Period (500 B.C. - A.D. 1). They were not the first inhabitants. Archaic era (8,500 B.C. - 1,000 B.C.) encampments have been discovered . . . — — Map (db m178772) HM
In 1883 the Smithsonian Institution excavated this South Charleston Creel (Criel) Mound, finding remains of an elaborate burial tomb, 13 skeletons, and many artifacts dating to ≈ 500-100 B.C.
The top of the mound had already been . . . — — Map (db m178769) HM
In 1883 the Smithsonian Institution excavated the South Charleston or Criel Mound. Thirteen skeletons were found, most of them in a large log tomb at the base of the mound, along with a few grave offerings. The mound was built by the Adena Culture, . . . — — Map (db m45246) HM
Sometime between 500 B.C. and A.D. 150, an ancient culture built an extensive complex of burial mounds and earthworks throughout the Kanawha River Valley.
Dubbed "Ancient Kanawha City" by Smithsonian archaeologist Cyrus Thomas, . . . — — Map (db m178764) HM
This plant was built by the
United States Government
during the World War at
a cost of over ten million
dollars to supply armor plate
for our navy. Nearby is one
of the largest Indian mounds
in the State. — — Map (db m137383) HM
For over 10,000 years, people have been drawn to the Kanawha River Valley. Arcadia encampments, like this, existed along the Kanawha River in 8500 B.C. Many mounds, including this South Charleston Creel Mound, were probably built around 500 . . . — — Map (db m178771) HM
The City of South Charleston, West Virginia, gratefully acknowledges the ultimate sacrifice of the above individuals who gave their lives for the cost of freedom. May we ever remember that all gave some and some gave all.
Vietnam War . . . — — Map (db m232709) WM
The Dawn of Peace
They gave their lives in World War II that they might bring to the people of this earth the promise of a better world to come
Their names are perpetuated on the reverse side of this tablet.
Appleton, Harold Bing . . . — — Map (db m244300) WM
