Mound Builders - Dayton, OH
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DougK
N 39° 47.679 W 084° 05.333
16S E 749254 N 4409020
This is one of four markers surrounding the Wright Brothers Memorial. This marker describes how mound builders once inhabited this area and its importance to them.
Waymark Code: WMCZJW
Location: Ohio, United States
Date Posted: 10/30/2011
Views: 11
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Wright Brothers Memorial is situated on top of Wright Brothers Hill. The low wall surrounding the monument has four additional markers with more information about the site. This marker describes how mound builders once inhabited this area and its importance to them.. The plaque reads:
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[profile image of an an American Indian's head]
Centuries ago this hill was a center of life and culture
of the mound builders. Two large burial mounds and
four small ones have been identified here by the Ohio
State Archaeological and Historical Society. They
were once part of a mound community which from all
indications was a place of importance in the mound
builders era. Thus from a site with considerable
prehistoric interest rises a shaft commemorating one
of the greatest advances in the history of mankind.
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Group that erected the marker: National Park Service, Dayton Aviation
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
2380 Memorial Road
WPAFB
Dayton, Ohio USA
45433
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: Not listed
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