Ohio History Journal

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THE FEURT MOUNDS AND VILLAGE SITE

THE FEURT MOUNDS AND VILLAGE SITE.

 

BY WILLIAM C. MILLS.

The Feurt Mounds and Village Site are situated about five

miles north of the city of Portsmouth, on the east side of the

Scioto river, in Clay township, Scioto county, Ohio. The land

upon which this group of mounds and the village site is located

is a part of the estate of Mr. William C. Feurt, which consists

of more than 400 acres of rich bottom lands and sloping hill-

sides, and is considered one of the most productive and well-

kept farms along the Scioto. Mr. Feurt, who gives personal

attention to his farm, lives in a commodious and stately mansion,

constructed in an early day by his father and added to, as re-

quired, by the son until today it stands among the most beautiful

farm residences in the Scioto valley.

The immediate location of the mounds and village site is

a level plateau of less than five acres in extent, elevated a little

more than forty feet above the bottom land into which it projects,

promontory like, with steep and very abrupt banks. Looking

south from the site of this village upon the broad and beautiful

valley of the Scioto, and westward across the river valley to

the foothills, where is located the Tremper Mound, one is im-

pressed with the fact that early man in the Ohio valley took

advantage of natural surroundings in selecting a site for his

home.

The original top soil of this plateau was a clay loam of

several feet in thickness, underlaid with gravel. The present

top soil is from six inches to four feet above the original surface,

as a result of the custom of the inhabitants of the village in

carrying soil from the sides of the abrupt bank and covering up

the accumulated debris in and around their tepee sites. When

these places were uncovered, the story of the primitive peoples,

who doubtless for a long period of time made this site their

home, was revealed.

Vol. XXVI-20.         (305)