Mound City Multi-Cache
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Short two step multi. Placed with permission from Chief Ranger Rick Perkins. The cache is only available from 9AM to 4PM every day of the year except Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's Day. Coordinates will take you to a plaque. Find the original number of mounds at this site. Subtract the number missing. Use the current number of mounds visible and walk that many steps west. Found in a drawer. Be stealthy if muggles are around.
Around 2,000 years ago a group of Native Americans created a group of mounds archeologists believe were used for ceremonial purposes near present day Chillicothe. Although they cultivated plants, the Hopewell people hunted, fished, and gathered wild foods. In addition, this group had a vast trading network to obtain materials for decorative jewelry and ornaments. They got copper and silver from the Great Lakes area. Obsidian from the Yellowstone National Park region. Sharks' teeth and seashells from the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico. Many pieces have been found under the mounds. At this site the Hopewell constructed a square enclosure with rounded corners surrounding 23 mounds. Several mounds in this area appear to be used as cremation and/or burial sites. Archeologists don't think people lived at this site. Around 1500 years ago the Hopewell way of life vanished from the area. But some Native Americans still feel the area is sacred. In the 1840's Ephraim G. Squier and Edwin H. Davis mapped and documented what was in each mound. The Hopewell were named after Capt. Mordecai Hopewell, who owned the farm where an extensive earthwork site was excavated in 1891. This site continued to play a part in history when the Army constructed a training facility, Camp Sherman, during World War I. Many of the mounds were destroyed and had to be reconstructed in 1920-21. Archeologists continue to study the area to learn more about this ancient group. Allow time to visit the museum and walk among the mounds. A trail also goes to the Scioto River which was a vital link to trading and provided food for the Hopewell. Information from the Hopewell Culture Pamphlet available at the site.
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