Franklin Twp Ancient Remains, Beers History of Warren County, Ohio

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Contributor::	Transcription contributed by Martie Callihan 6 January 2005
Sources:	The History of Warren County Ohio Part IV Township Histories Franklin Township by W. C. Reeder (Chicago, IL: W. H. Beers Co, 1882; reprint, Mt. Vernon, IN: Windmill Publications, 1992)

Page 512	Franklin Township is not without its prehistoric remains. The chief object of this kind is a mound on the old Burrowes farm, northeast of Franklin. The mound is about twenty-five feet in height, and perhaps 100 feet in circumference, and being, as these mounds usually are, on high ground, is visible for miles, while from its summit the beautiful Miami Valley can be seen spread out like a panorama. Many years ago, a number of men, then young, determined to explore this mound. Mr. Burrowes objecting because he believed it to be a place of sepulture, they took occasion to visit the scene during the hours of night. Among
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Page 515	the number were John M. Catrow, W. F. Smith, Isaah Blair and A. D. Reeder, with others whose names are unknown. With picks and shovels they reached the mound, and, commencing in the center of the top, they excavated rapidly, taking their turns. When they had descended several feet. Mr. Blair took his turn, and, after a few strokes, came climbing out in terror, declaring that "it sounded hollow, and he was not going to risk its letting him fall into an unknown cavity." This only made the others more anxious, and they worked very zealously for some time, but they found nothing but a few copper beads, and they shoveled the dirt back again. No other remains of importance have been found, if we except an occasional skeleton of an Indian, unless a few remarkable things found by Mr. Van Horne, when constructing the Hydraulic at Franklin, which we will speak of in the history of that enterprise.

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