Somehow, in spite of growing up in Ohio, I'd never seen the Native American mounds in the South of the state. Well, that was rectified today, visiting both the Mound City Group, easily the site with the most mounds and least disturbance, and Hopeton Earthworks, more the memory of mounds past than current mounds. What I hadn't realized at all was that the Native Americans - about whom very little is known, honestly - are name after a local farmer from the 1800s who happened to have mounds on his property. Or that WWI training was set up near the mounds - significant damage to the mounds was averted through the efforts of local archaeologists who convinced the army to change some plans.
Overall, this was a fascinating site; we might have stayed longer if not for the impending arrival of fourth graders.
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