I have classified and organized each County in Ohio with the number of Indian burial mounds of the Adena and Hopewell Indians on the National Registry of Historical Places. There were probably hundreds more that have either been forgotten, destroyed or eroded with time but this list gives the viewer and idea of where they built their burial mounds.
I am hoping to write another book this summer about the location of these mounds with GPS coordinates and a little bio on each one. I happen to live in Franklin County Ohio and have access to 24 Indian Burial Mounds within 40 miles of my home and over 60% within 50 miles.
The Adena and Hopewell Indians were in Ohio from about 100 BC to 500 AD. This is a learning experience for me so I hope to learn more about their culture within the next several months. My son said that he is on board and would like to travel with me on this quest. I believe I counted 116 Burial Mounds in Ohio. Luckily they are concentrated in a small area. We visited Shrum Mound on Friday just to show my son what I wanted to do.
