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Jeffers Hopewell Prehistoric Mound from the collections of the Worthington Historical Society (WHS) may be used for educational purposes as long as it is not altered in any way and proper credit is given: "Courtesy of the Worthington Historical Society, Worthington, OH." Prior written permission of the WHS is required for any other use of Jeffers Hopewell Prehistoric Mound. Contact WHS at info@worthingtonhistory.org to request permission.
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Jeffers Hopewell Prehistoric Mound is a picture, with genre photograph and mounds (burials). Its dimensions are 4 in. x 6 in..
It was created in 1996.
Worthington Historical Society is the Contributor.
Photograph of the Jeffers Hopewell Prehistoric Mound located in Worthington, Ohio.
The Mound Builders left many monuments throughout Ohio. A description of the Jeffers Mound written in 1848 in Squirer's and Davis's ANCIENT MONUMENTS OF THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY describes a large mound, surrounded by an earthworks approximately 630 by 550 feet. The mounds were ceremonial sites, often with burials. The earthworks were destroyed when the land was converted into farmland in the 1920's.
The land surrounding and including the mound was part part of the original Scioto Company land purchase, and was divided into farm lots for Scioto Company subscriber, William Vining. Several archaelogical digs have been conducted on the site. The mound and land immediately surrounding it was donated to the Worthington Historical Society in 1974 and the site was nominated to the National Register of Historic Places.
It covers the topics Jeffers Hopewell Prehistoric Mound and Native Americans.
It covers the city Worthington.
You can find the original at Worthington Historical Society.
This file was reformatted digital in the format video/jpeg.
The Worthington Historical Society identification code is 96-G-189. The Worthington Memory identification code is whs0001.
This metadata record was human prepared by Worthington Libraries on October 10, 2001. It was last updated November 17, 2017.