Fort Ancient : the great prehistoric earthwork of Warren County, Ohio / compiled from a careful survey, with an account of its mounds and graves, a topographical map, thirty-five full-page phototypes, and surveying notes in full, by Warren K. Moorehead.

  • Moorehead, Warren K. (Warren King), 1866-1939.
Date:
1890
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    FORT ANCIENT. CHAPTER I. General Description of the Fortification and the Sur- rounding Country. On a slightly rolling plateau in Warren county, Ohio, overlooking the beautiful valley of the Little Miami river, is situated Fort Ancient, the greatest of all prehistoric earth-works in the Mississippi basin. The fortihcation on one side follows the edge of the plateau, while at the eastern extremity it lies fully a quarter of a mile from the river valley. The side farthest away from the river (or toward the east) is 19 feet higher than the western portion. This will be readily noticed, if the reader will turn to page 20, where a map of the fortification is given, and note two cross-sections, one being taken across the southern portion of Fort Ancient, the other across the northern extension. Just to the west of the structure, and extending north and south for the same distance as the length of the forti- fication, there is a broad and fertile valley. Above and below the extent of the inclosure the valley narrows, but immediately opposite it widens to fully half a mile. The length of the valley north and south is not quite one mile. The soil of the valley is exceedingly fertile, and ex- cellent crops are raised yearly by the resident farmers. The Pittsburg, Cincinnati and 8t. Louis railroad passes through the valley on the east side, following the curves of the river. The Lebanon and Chillicothe turn- pike, coming from the west, descends the hill, crosses the (D
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