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The first settlers in the Ohio area were the Adena Native Americans (800 BCE–100 AD), who were known for their mounds. I traveled around Southwestern Ohio visiting these mounds and learning about the Adena Culture and those that followed, such as the Hopewell (200 BCE–500 AD), and Fort Ancient (1000–1750…
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The Kinsey Mound does not show up in search results when you google, for instance, “things to see near Xenia Ohio.” I tried to use the keywords “things to see near Wilberforce Ohio” and still Kinsey Mound was not listed in the results. Not even the keywords “Indian Mounds in…
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The Adena Mound is inside the Indian Mound Reserve, a much bigger park that is managed by Greene County Parks & Trails. The Adena Mound was built approximately 500 B.C. Mounds such as these were used for either burial or lookouts. This mound stands 30 feet and 140 feet in…
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