Indian Burial Mound - Cooperstown, New York
N 42° 41.940 W 074° 55.071
18T E 506728 N 4727393
Quick Description: This Indian Grave is marked with a stone and NY State marker.
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 12/6/2008 4:50:56 AM
Waymark Code: WM5A8F
Views: 45
Long Description:
"This Wide Is Yours Was Ours"
Rev W.W. Lord wrote -
"White man. Greeting! We near whose bones you stand were Iroquois. The wide land which now is yours was ours. Friendly hands have given back to us, enough for a tomb."
The Indian mound that you see here are Indian remains excavated in this field were reburied in 1874 at the base of this mysterious mound. The tablet, with poem by The Rev. W.W.Lord, was placed over the remains by Mrs. Alfred Corning Clark in 1899.
"This Wide Is Yours Was Ours"
See nearby Waymark, WM4QDY
Type: Burial Mounds
How did you find this "Ancient Evidence": Geocaching
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Trailhead: Not Listed
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