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Title	Miamisburg Mound shelter house
Subject	Earthworks (Archaeology)--Ohio
Time Period	1930s
Place	Miamisburg (Ohio) Montgomery County (Ohio)
Description	Typed on reverse: "Montgomery County., Miamisburg, Ohio. Shelter House at Miamisburg Mound - State (15-57-151), Fed. 1022. August 4, 1936." Embossed on the bottom corner is "Sam R. Kremer Photographer Dayton, O." The Miamisburg Mound (officially Miamisburg Mound State Memorial) is the largest conical burial mound in the state of Ohio and possibly in the eastern U. S. It is located south of downtown Miamisburg, on Mound Road. Archaeological investigations of the surrounding area suggest that it was constructed by the prehistoric Adena Indians (800 BC - AD 100). Built on a 100-foot-high bluff, the mound measures 877 feet in circumference and was originally more than 70 feet high. Visitors may climb the 116 steps from its base to the summit for a view of the surrounding park. The 37-acre park has picnic tables and a playground.
Creator	Ohio Federal Writers' Project
Date of Original	August 4, 1936
Collection	Ohio Guide Photographs
Source	State Archives Series 1039 AV
Submitting Institution	Ohio Historical Society
Rights	Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type	StillImage
File Name	SA1039AV_B09F04_008_001.tif
Image Height	5056
Image Width	6138
File Size	123676756 Bytes
Display File Type	image/jp2
Format	picture
Date created	2010-04-27
Date modified	2010-06-21

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