A Community Says Goodbye to Indian Bill Moose

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A Community Says Goodbye to Indian Bill Moose: A Community Says Goodbye to Indian Bill Moose is text, with genre article and history. Its dimensions are 8.5 in. x 5.5 in.. It is 2 pages long.

It was created in 2009.

Linworth Historical Society is the Creator.

This is one of a series of informational cards created by the Linworth United Methodist Church and Historical Society sharing the history of Bill Moose and the Wyandot Indians in central Ohio.

Bill Moose was believed to be the last full-blooded member of the Wyandot tribe to live in Ohio. He spent many years living in a shack at the corner of Morse and Indianola roads, and was well-liked by people throughout central Ohio.

This card describes his funeral and burial site. He passed away in 1937, just two months shy of his 100th birthday. His visitation was held over five days at the Rutherford Funeral Home, and combined with his funeral drew an estimated 20,000 people to pay their respects. He is buried at a site known as Wyandot Hill.

It covers the topics memorials, funerals and Native Americans.

It features the people Kihue (Bill Moose), 1837-1937 and Perry E. Rutherford.

It features the organization Columbus City Council.

You can find the original at Linworth Historical Society.

This file was reformatted digital in the format video/jpeg2000.

The Worthington Memory identification code is lhs0056_001.

This metadata record was human prepared by Worthington Libraries on May 16, 2017. It was last updated June 29, 2019.