BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE EARTHWORKS OF
OHIO.
PREPARED BY MRS. CYRUS THOMAS FOR THE
SMITHSONIAN
INSTITUTION.
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ANY observers in the State who have
facts concerning the
earthworks of Ohio, in addition to those
here stated, will
confer a favor upon the world by
forwarding such informa-
tion to Professor G. F. Wright, Oberlin,
0., the member of the
Editorial Committee in charge of this
department, by whom
the facts will be classified and
published in future numbers,
making the QUARTERLY by far the
completest depository of
such information.
In locating ancient remains it is
desirable to note the fol-
lowing points:
The character of the works-whether
mounds, stone
graves, burial places, enclosures,
walls, caches, etc.
Whether explored or not, and if explored
whether relics
were found, the kind of relics, and
where such relics have
been deposited, if known.
The exact locality, as near as can be
determined, in town-
ship, county, and State, and whether
near a town or stream
of any note.
Whether any notice or description has
been published, and
in what book, paper or magazine such
notice may be found.
In all cases where antiquities have
existed, but are now
obliterated, they should be included in
the list, and mention
made of their having been destroyed.
CLINTON COUNTY.
Mound near Wilmington. Mentioned in
Amer. Antiq.,
Vol. I (1879), pp. 262, 263.
COSHOCTON COUNTY.
Ancient burying ground, a short distance
below Coshoc-
ton. Brief notice, quoted from
description by Dr. Hildreth,
191
192 Ohio Archaeological and
Historical Quarterly.
in Silliman's Journal. Howe's Hist.
Coll. Ohio, pp. 115,
116; also in Silliman's Journal.
Ancient cemetery, a short distance below
Coshocton, on
an elevated, gravelly alluvium. As seen
in 1835 by an
anonymous writer, Amer. Jour. Sci. and
Art, 1st Ser., Vol.
XXXI (1837), p. 69.
CUYAHOGA COUNTY.
Mound near Chagrin Falls. Explored.
Described in
Amer. Antiq., Vol. I (1878), pp. 55, 56.
The Jewett "Hill Mound,"
"Courtney's Mound," "W.
Conant's Mound," and "G.
Conant's Mound," at Dover.
Explored, but contents only noticed, 9th
Rep. Peab. Mus.,
p. 19.
Mound that formerly existed at the
corner of Euclid and
Erie streets, Cleveland. Mentioned by
Col. Whittlesey, and
articles obtained therefrom figured,
Tract 5, West. Res.
Hist. Soc. (1871), p. 39. He also
mentions, on same page,
a mound that formerly existed on the
homestead of A.
Freese, Sawtell avenue.
Ancient works at Newburg (walls and
ditches). Described
and figured by Col. Whittlesey, Tract 5,
West. Res. Hist.
Soc. (1871), pp. 10, 11, Pls. 2, 8.
Noticed and Col. Whit-
tlesey's figure copied by S. D. Peet,
Amer. Antiq., Vol. V
(1883) p. 236; see also Anc. Mon., p.
40.
Ancient work, "three miles
southeast of Cleveland," briefly
described from Col. Whittlesey's notes,
Anc. Mon., pp. 38,
39. (Probably the works at Newburg,
above mentioned).
Ancient works at Independence (walls,
ditches and enclo-
sure). Described and figured by Col.
Whittlesey, Tract 5,
West. Res. Hist. Soc. (1871), pp. 11,
12, Pls. 2 and 3; Anc.
Mon., p. 40.
DELAWARE COUNTY.
Ancient works are found in three places
in this county;
most noted in lower Liberty, about
eleven miles below Dela-
ware, on the east bank of Olentangy.
Localities of Indian
villages. Brief mentions, Howe's Hist.
Coll. Ohio, p. 573.
ERIE COUNTY.
Mound in northeast part of Kelly's
Island. Explored,
Bibliography of the Earthworks of
Ohio. 193
described and figured by Col.
Whittlesey, Tract 41, West.
Res. Hist. Soc., pp. 35, 36.
FAIRFIELD COUNTY.
Two circles at "Rock Mill,"
about seven miles north of
Lancaster, on a hill a short distance
from Hocking River.
Other mounds and works in same section.
Briefly noticed
by Professor E. B. Andrews, Rep. Peab.
Mus., Vol. II, pp.
51-53. Described and figured in Anc.
Mon., p. 100, Pl.
xxxvi, No. 3.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Embankment, with corresponding exterior
ditch, four and
a half miles north of Worthington, on
the left bank of Olen-
tangy Creek. Brief notice and figure,
Anc. Mon., p. 36.
Pl. xiv, No. 2.
Square enclosure, circle and mound, on
Olentangy Creek,
one mile west of the town of
Worthington. Described and
figured, Anc. Mon., p. 84, Pl. xxix, No.
3.
Mound which formerly stood on the south
line of Colum-
bus (city). Opened. Brief description,
Coll. Hist. and Mis-
cel. and Monthly Journal, Vol. II
(1823), pp. 47, 48; also
in Ohio Monitor.
Mound at Whittington. Notices by Caleb
Atwater, Trans.
Amer. Antiq. Soc., Vol. I, p. 176.
Enclosure and mound, a mile north of
Dublin. Reported
by Charles M. Smith.
GEAUGA COUNTY.
Cemetery, in the extreme southeast part
of the county,
two miles southeast of the village of
Parkman. Graves
lined with stone. Described by S. N.
Luther, Sm. Rep.,
1881, p. 593. The stone mound and stone
graves described
by C. C. Baldwin, Tract 56, West. Res.
Hist. Soc. (1882),
pp. 160-165, are probably the same as
those mentioned by
Mr. Luther.
GREENE COUNTY.
Fortification on Massie's Creek (a
tributary of Little
Miami), seven miles east of Xenia,
consisting of walls of
mingled earth and stone, and stone mounds.
Described and
194 Ohio
Archaeological and Historical Quarterly.
figured, Anc. Mon., pp. 33, 34, Pl. xii,
No. 3. Some other
works, half a mile below, consisting of
oblong enclosure,
semicircle and mound. Brief notice and
figure, Anc. Mon.,
p. 95, Pl. xxxiv, No. 3. Polygonal
enclosure on the right
bank of the Little Miami, Sec. 24, T. 4,
R. 8, Anc. Mon.,
pp. 95, 96, Pl. xxxiv, No. 4.
Circular depressions; promontory, known
as Mitman's
Hill. Brief description by Professor J.
E. Warren, Proc.
Cent. O. Sci. Ass., Vol. V, p. 56.
Mound, four miles north of Xenia, at
Tawawa Springs.
Mound in Miami township. Mound at
Cedarville, in Cedar-
ville township. Reported by F. C. Hill,
Sm. Rep. (1879),
p. 438.
HAMILTON COUNTY.
The "Langdon Mound," near Red
Bank; brief notice of
the mound and contents, and of another
near by.
Mound on the farm of Mr. Gould, two
miles from Read-
ing. Brief description of the mound and
contents, 16th
Rep. Peab. Mus., pp. 175, 176.
Large enclosure, with outside ditch, on
the right bank of
the Great Miami, near the village of
Coleraine. Described
and figured Anc. Mon., pp. 35, 36, Pl.
xiii, No. 2. (See
also C. Pl. iii. ) Possibly one of the
works alluded to by
Hugh Williamson, Obs. on Climate of
America, Appendix
D, pp. 189, 190.
Ancient Cemetery near Madisonville.
Mentioned in Anc.
Nat., Jan. 1881, Vol. XV, pp. 72-73. A
lengthy and illus-
trated description by T. W. Langdon in
the Jour. Cin. Soc.
Nat. Hist., V. III, pp. 40-68, p. 139,
pp. 203-220, and pp.
237-257. Partial notices also in 15th
Rep. Peab. Mus., pp.
63-67 and 77, and 16th Rep., pp.
165-167; pp. 196 and
199. Brief notice from C. L. Metz, Sm.
Rep., 1880, p. 445.
A square enclosure and parallel lines,
opposite side of
Little Miami River from the Milford
Works; nearly opposite
Milford, Clermont county. Brief
description Anc. Mon., p.
95, Pl. xxxiv, A, No. 2. Also figured in
Hugh Williamson's
work on Climate, p. 197, fig. 2.
Bibliography of the Earthworks of
Ohio. 195
Ancient works in Anderson township.
Notices and par-
tial descriptions, 16th Rep. Peab. Mus.,
pp. 167-174 and
p. 202; also 17th Rep., pp. 339-346, 374
and 376. Noticed
by C. L. Metz, Sm. Rep., 1879, p. 439.
Two circular enclosures in Sycamore
township. Reported
by J. P. MacLean, Sm. Rep., 1881, p.
683.
Fortified Hill, at the mouth of the
Great Miami. De-
scribed and figured, Pres. Harrison in
Trans. Hist. Soc.
Ohio, Vol. I, pp. 217-225. Brief notice
and figure (copy
from op. cit.) Anc. Mon., pp. 25-26, Pl.
ix, No. 2.
Four mounds on the present site of
Cincinnati; opened;
the articles obtained described by Dr.
Drake in "Pictures
of Cincinnati," p. 204, etc.
Mentioned by Caleb Atwater,
Trans. Am. Antiq. Soc., Vol. I, (1820),
pp. 156-160.
Mound and grave at Cincinnati. Opened by
Col. Win-
throp Sargent, and the articles taken
from them described by
him in a letter to Dr. Benj. L. Barton,
in 1794. Illustrated,
Trans. Am. Phil. Soc., Vol. IV, (1799),
pp. 177-180, and
Vol. V (1802), p. 74.
The following ancient works have been
found "in the
precincts of the town of
Cincinnati:"
Three circular embankments, two parallel
convex banks,
an excavation, and four mounds of
unequal dimensions. De-
scribed with measurements in Western
Gazetteer or Emi-
grant's Directory, pp. 282-283.
Mound at Sixth and Mound streets,
Cincinnati. Reported
by H. H. Hill, Sm. Rep., 1879, p. 438.
Aboriginal vault or oven at the junction
of the two
branches of Duck Creek, near the Red
Bank station, in the
vicinity of Madisonville.
Old roadway on Sec. 11, Columbia
township. Reported
by C. L. Metz, Sm. Rep. 1879, p. 439.
HARDIN COUNTY.
Mound "near the Bellefontaine and
Indian Railway,
between Mt. Victory and Ridgeway."
Thoroughly ex-
plored and described by John S. B.
Matson, in Ohio
196 Ohio Archaeological and
Historical Quarterly.
Centen. Rep., pp. 126-134. Illustration
original in Tract
11, West. Res. Hist., Soc., 1872, pp.
9-16.
HIGHLAND COUNTY.
Square enclosure, with nine banks of
long parapets united
at one end in the form of a gridiron, on
the head branches
of the east fork of the Little Miami
River; briefly described
in Western Gazetteer, p. 299.
Brief notice of "Fort Hill,"
with a few additional partic-
ulars, 17th Rep. Peab. Mus., p. 349.
Description and map
in Anc. Mon., pp. 14-16, Pl. v. First
described and fig-
ured by Prof. Locke in Geol. Rep.
(Ohio), 1838, pp. 267-
269, fig. 15.
Enclosure and mound in Salem township,
one mile and a
half southeast of Pricetown. Surveyed,
described and fig-
ured, J. P. MacLean, Sm. Rep. 1883, pp.
851-853.
HOLMES COUNTY.
Mounds southeast of Odell's Lake,
examined by Dr.
Boden.
Mound on the summit of Dow's Hill, one
mile northeast
of Londonville; explored. Reported by H.
B. Case, Sm.
Rep. 1881, p. 597.
Cache of leaf-shaped flint implements,
found in a pond on
the farm of Daniel Kick, in Washington
township, about a
half mile north of the Lake Fork of the
Mohican River.
Described by H. B. Case, Sm. Rep. 1877,
p. 267. Reported
by him in Sm. Rep. 1881, p. 597.
Mounds in Washington township, on lands
of J. L. and
Cyrus Quick. Examined. Described in Sm.
Rep. 1881,
by H. B. Case, p. 596. Marked L in
diagram, p. 594.
HURON COUNTY.
Ancient works (circular and irregular
enclosures, mounds
and ditches), near Norwalk; described
and figured from
Whittlesey's surveys and notes, Anc.
Mon., pp. 37, 38, Pl.
xv. No. 1.
JACKSON COUNTY.
Mound on the farm of Mr. Ed. Poor, in
the edge of Lick
township, near Berlin, on the second
bottom of a small trib-
Bibliography of the Earthworks of
Ohio. 197
utary of Dixon's Run. Explored and
described by Dr. John
E. Sylvester, Am. Antiq., Vol. I, July,
August and Septem-
ber, 1878, pp. 73-75.
KNOX COUNTY.
Mentioned by N. N. Hill, Hist. Knox Co.:
Mound one fourth mile south of
Fredericktown, and for-
merly an enclosure, p. 170.
In Berlin township, mound on the Ellis
Willet place;
another on the Davis farm, p. 422.
Stone wall in Butler township, p. 432.
Mounds in Clay township, p. 437.
Enclosure on the farm of Mrs. Kerr,
Jackson township, p.
488.
Enclosure and mounds near Greersville,
Jefferson town-
ship, p. 494.
Mound one mile east of Mt. Liberty; near
by, vestiges of
an enclosure, p. 497.
Several mounds in Morgan township, p.
534.
Mound, ditch and embankment, half mile
east of Freder-
icktown, on the bank of Owl Creek. A
circular ditch and
embankment on the farm of Wm. Loveridge.
All in Morris
township, p. 538.
Enclosure and mound formerly on the site
of Frederick-
town, Wayne township. Described pp. 557,
558.
LAKE COUNTY.
Deposit of flint implements near
Painesville. Mentioned
by M. C. Read, Am. Antiq., Vol. I, July,
August, Septem-
ber, 1878, p. 98.
Old Fort, near Willoughby. Brief
description by Col.
Whittlesey, Tract 41, West. Res. Hist.
Soc., pp. 36, 37.
LICKING COUNTY.
Mound two and a half miles south of
Newark, known as
the "Taylor mound," and
located on the farm of Mr.
Thomas Taylor. Explored and fully
described by Prof. O.
C. Marsh, Am. Jour. Sci. and Art, 2d
Ser. No. 42 (1866),
pp. 1-11. Republished in Hist. Mag.,
Oct. 1867, Vol. II, 2d
Ser., p. 240.
198
Ohio Archaeological and Historical Quarterly.
Tippet's mound. Figured on Pl. 11 Ohio
Centen. Rep.
Mound of loose stones one mile and a
half southeast of
Jackstown, figured on same plate; also
mentioned by Col.
Chas. Whittlesey, Tract 5, West. His.
Soc., 1871, p. 39.
Flint Ridge, in Licking and Muskingum
counties, contains
flint quarries and ancient
"diggings." Described by A. C.
Ross and W. H. Ball, Sm. Rep. 1879, p.
440. A geological
sketch by an anonymous writer, Am. Jour.
Sci. 1st Ser.
Vol. XXV (1834), pp. 233, 234. Also
described in full,
with diagrams, by C. M. Smith, Papers
relating to Anthro-
pology, from Sm. Rep. 884, pp. 13-35.
Mound in Amsterdam.
Embankment mound and stone mound a mile
and a half
southeast of Amsterdam. Reported by
Charles M. Smith.
"The Alligator Mound" and
other mounds about three
miles northwest of Newark. Mention and
measurements of
the first, Howe's Hist. Coll. Ohio, p.
298. Mentioned in
Anc. Mon., p. 72, and fully described and
figured on pp. 98-
100, and Pl. xxxvi, No. 2. Mentioned by
S. D. Peet and
Sq. and Davis. Figured, copied, Am.
Antiq. Vol. V., 1883,
p. 262.
Stone mound in the vicinity of Licking
River, "not many
miles from Newark." Noticed by
Caleb Atwater, Trans.
Am. Ant. Soc. Vol. I., pp. 184, 185.
Excavated, and de-
scribed by J. Dille, Sm. Rep. 1866, pp.
359, 360.
Fortified Hill, near Granville.
Described and figured in
Anc. Mon., pp. 24, 25, Pl. ix, No. 1.
"The Newark Works," consisting
of lines of embankment,
enclosures, mounds, etc., at the
junction of South and Rac-
coon forks of Licking River, one mile
west of Newark. De-
scribed with plat and figures, Anc.
Mon., pp. 67-72, Pl. xxv,
figs. 12-16. Mentioned in Howe's Hist.
Coll. Ohio, p.
294. Described and figured by Caleb
Atwater, Trans. Am.
Antiq. Soc. Vol. I (1820). pp. 126-129,
Pl. ii. Described
by Priest, Am. Antiq., pp. 157-159. (He
says "As given by
the Antiquarian Society at
Cincinnati.") Lengthy account
and figures by Isaac Smucker in Am.
Antiq. July, 1881,
Vol. III., pp. 261-267. (Says they were
noticed by Isaac
Bibliography of the Earthworks of
Ohio. 199
Stoddard in 1800.) Described and figured
in Warden's
Researches, pp. 20-21, Pl. 1, 2nd part
fig. 1.
Antiquities in the vicinity of Newark.
Mounds and em-
bankments. Described in Western
Gazetteer, p. 305 (note);
and briefly noticed by Thad. M. Harris,
Jour. Tour., p. 156.
Ancient works at Newark. Described and
figured by M.
Warden, Dupaux. Antiq. Mex., Vol. II.
pt. ii., pp. 20, 21.
Pl. i, pt. 2, fig. 1.
Ancient works near Newark at the
junction of South and
Raccoon Forks of Licking River.
Described and figured in
small pamphlet (unpaged, 4 leaves),
Premiums and Regula-
tions with the names of the Awarding
Committees for the
Fifth Annual Fair of the Ohio State
Board of Agriculture,
to be held at the city of Newark-Columbus,
1854.
LORAIN COUNTY.
Inscriptions on a "stone column or
idol" found, covered
with thick coat of moss, on the farm of
Alfred Lamb, in
Brighton, 1838. Description from the "Lorain
Republican of
June 7, 1843" in Howe's Hist. Coll.
Ohio, pp. 312-313,
two cuts.
Enclosure and ditch on the right bank of
Black River in
Sheffield township. Described and
figured by Col. Whit-
tlesey, Anc. Mon., p. 39, fig. 4.
Enclosure near the banks of French Creek
in Sheffield
township. Described and figured by Col.
Whittlesey, Anc.
Mon., p. 39, fig. 5.
MAD RIVER VALLEY.
Antiquities, consisting of mounds,
except one enclosure.
Among those mentioned are the mounds at
Enon, Haddix
Hill and Kauffman's farm. Also Baldwin
and Roberts
mounds on Buck Creek. Of these the
Roberts and Baldwin
mounds were thoroughly explored and full
descriptions and
figures given by Prof. T. F. Moses,
Proc. Cent. Ohio Sci.
Association of Urbana, Ohio, Vol. I.,
Pt. i, 1878, pp. 30-
49, plates 1-8.
MEDINA COUNTY.
Ancient walls and ditches on the east
branch of Rocky
River at Weymouth. Described and figured
by Col. Whit-
200
Ohio Archaeological and
Historical Quarterly.
tlesey, Tract 5, West. Res. Hist. Soc.
1871, pp. 18, 19, Pl.
7. Also Tract 41, where it is named
"Fort Hill" and men-
tioned as near Berea.
MERCER COUNTY.
Mound half a mile from Sharpsburg,
mostly of sand and
gravel. Reported by J. L. Whitney. O. T.
Mason in Sm.
Rep. 1880, p. 448.
MIAMI COUNTY.
Mound on Corn Island, near Troy. Opened.
Described
and contents noted by George F. Adye in
a letter in Cincinnati
Gazette, and quoted in Hist. Mag., Nov. 1869, Vol. VI,
2d Ser., from the Christian
Intelligencer.
Earthworks and mounds in Concord and
Newton town-
ships. Brief descriptions by E. T.
Wiltheiss, Papers Re-
lating to Anthropology, from Sm. Rep.
1884, p. 38.
Embankment of earth and stone on the
left bank of the
Great Miami, two miles and a half above
the town of Piqua.
Described and figured, Anc. Mon., p. 23,
Pl. viii, No. 3.
Noticed also by Drake, View of Cin. Described and
figured by John P. Rogan, Thomas Ms. p.
-. Notice by
John P. MacLean, Mound Builders, p. 27.
Below the preceding a group of works
(circles, ellipses,
etc.) formerly existed on the site of
the present town of
Piqua. Described in Long's " Second
Expedition," Vol. 1,
pp. 54-66. Mentioned in Anc. Mon., p.
23.
Mounds and earthworks in Washington and
Spring Creek
townships, on the Great Miami and its
tributaries. Full
description and diagram by E. T.
Wiltheiss, Papers Relat-
ing to Anthropology, from Sm. Rep. 1884,
pp. 35-38.
Tablets of burnt clay found on farm of
W. Morrow near
Piqua. Reported by C. T. Wiltheis, Sm.
Rep. 1879, p. 440.
Graded way at Piqua. Described in Long's
Sec. Expd.,
Vol. I., p. 60. Noticed in Anc. Mon., p.
88.
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