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PURVIS AVE MULBERRY ST W. MAIN ST mARIETTA sT wALNUT sT bROAD sT mILL ST iNDIAN mOUNDS of bREMEN ong before the first German immigrants arrived in our valley in the Spring of 1799, the Moundbuilders made this region their home leaving us definite proof. Several burial or ceremonial mounds have been discovered in and around our little valley. One, in fact, (described in the sketch) is known to have existed within the present corporation limits of the village. Eventually, one of our brick paved streets would be named for this mound, Fort Street, due to it being built through the “Indian Fort”. To those first Americans, our little valley was undoubtedly very well known. Such tribes as the Iroquois, Hurons, Shawnees, Delawares and Wyandotts found in our valley, including the beautiful Rushcreek gorge, a profitable hunting ground for many years. The hill tops to the northwest and east of the village yield flint arrowheads with each spring plowing, giving evidence perhaps, of tribal battles fought in dispute over the ownership of this desirable territory. Today you can trace the old location of the mounds by walking the streets through the village and seeing some of the homes that set on the remnants of this great mound. L Graphic Design by Kim Huston / DK Signs / Somerset, OH / 740-987-3502 / [email protected]
of bREMENwebsite.bremenvillage.com/indmoundsinfo.pdf · 2019. 6. 20. · 1799, the Moundbuilders made this region their home leaving us definite proof. Several burial or ceremonial
ong before the first German immigrants arrived in our valley in
the Spring of 1799, the Moundbuilders made this region their home
leaving us definite proof. Several burial or ceremonial mounds have
been discovered in and around our little valley. One, in fact,
(described in the sketch) is known to have existed within the
present corporation limits of the village. Eventually, one of our
brick paved streets would be named for this mound, Fort Street, due
to it being built through the “Indian Fort”. To those first
Americans, our little valley was undoubtedly very well known. Such
tribes as the Iroquois, Hurons, Shawnees, Delawares and Wyandotts
found in our valley, including the beautiful Rushcreek gorge, a
profitable hunting ground for many years. The hill tops to the
northwest and east of the village yield flint arrowheads with each
spring plowing, giving evidence perhaps, of tribal battles fought
in dispute over the ownership of this desirable territory. Today
you can trace the old location of the mounds by walking the streets
through the village and seeing some of the homes that set on the
remnants of this great mound.
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Graphic Design by Kim Huston / DK Signs / Somerset, OH /
740-987-3502 / [email protected]
