Ohio Native Cultures

Big Bottom
Named for the broad Muskingum floodplain, the three acre Big Bottom park is the site of a skirmish between Ohio Company settlers and some Delaware and Wyandot Indians on 2 January 1791.

Fallen Timbers
Near the site of the battle of Fallen Timbers, this small park contains a monument honoring Major General Anthony Wayne as well as smaller monuments to the soldiers and Native Americans who died in the battle.

Flint Ridge
Flint Ridge contains quarry pits where all of the ancient people of Ohio came to get flint for both tools and weapons.

Fort Ancient
Fort Ancient features 18,000 feet of earthen walls built 2,000 years ago by American Indians who used the shoulder blades of deer, split elk antler, clam shell hoes and digging sticks to dig the dirt.

Fort Hill
Fort Hill State Memorial is a nature preserve containing one of the best preserved Indian hilltop enclosures in North America.

Fort Meigs
William Henry Harrison built Fort Meigs on the Maumee River in 1813 to protect northwest Ohio and Indiana from British invasion.

Fort Recovery
In late 1791, Miami Indians defeated General Arthur St. Clair's forces at this site along the Wabash River.

EVENT! Great Mohican Indian Pow Wow (800) 766-2267 ? (419) 994-4097
One of the top shows in the U.S.! Come gather on the Mohican Reservation Festival Grounds to experience the Native American tribes and more. Food, music, craftspeople, storytelling, drums, dance competitions & hoop dancers, educational. Held rain or shine! This is a real Native Pow-Wow (not a hobbyist show). July 7-9; Sept. 15-17, 2000. Located 7 miles South of Loudonville at Mohican Reservation Camp & Festival Grounds on Wally Rd. Contact Allen Combs, P.O. Box 96, Loudonville, Oh 44842.
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Indian Trail Campground
Campsite with Indian Mound. Full Hook Ups (30 amps electric), Paved Streets, Grocery - Gift Shop, Pool, Laundry, Clean Tiled Showers and Restrooms, 8 Acre Lake - Fishing, Rental Tepees, Canoes - Paddle Boats, Game Room, Batting Cages, Playground, Hiking Trail, Weekend Recreation Director, Tenting Sites, Log Cabin Rentals.
Indian Mill
In a scenic location along the Sandusky River, Indian Mill, built in 1861, is the nation's first educational museum of milling in its original structure.

Inscription Rock
Inscription Rock, on the south shore of Kelleys Island, is marked with prehistoric Indian pictographs.

Leo Petroglyph
Leo Petroglyph is an outstanding example of prehistoric Indian inscriptions.

Logan Elm
Logan Elm State Memorial is said to be the site where, in 1774, Chief Logan of the Mingo tribe delivered his eloquent speech on Indian-white relations.

Miamisburg Mound
The Miamisburg Mound is the largest conical burial mound in the state of Ohio and possibly in the eastern U. S.

Moundbuilders
Moundbuilders State Memorial preserves the Great Circle earthwork built by the Hopewell culture approximately 2000 years ago.

Octagon Earthworks
The Octagon Earthworks are part of the Newark group of prehistoric Indian earthworks, originally one of the most extensive earthworks of its kind in the country.

Piqua Historical Area
The Piqua Historical Area State Memorial celebrates two thousand years of Ohio's rich history from prehistoric Indians to Ohio's canal era.

Schoenbrunn
The Moravian church founded Schoenbrunn ("beautiful spring") in 1772 as a mission to the Delaware Indians.

Seip Mound
Seip Mound is the central mound in a group of geometric earthworks.

Serpent Mound
One of the few effigy mounds in Ohio, Serpent Mound is the largest and finest serpent effigy in the United States.

Shrum Mound/Campbell Park
Shrum Mound is one of the last remaining conical burial mounds in the city of Columbus.

Story Mound
Story Mound, of interest primarily to archaeologists, consists of a large, rounded earthen mound located on slightly less than an acre of ground in Chillicothe.

Wahkeena Nature Preserve
Wahkeena, named with an Indian word meaning "most beautiful" is a located on the edge of the Hocking Hills.

Wright Earthworks
Part of the Newark Earthworks complex, this 50-foot long segment is one side of a large square enclosure which was an important feature of the original complex.