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The Tri County News
Grand Rapids, Wood County, Ohio
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Ohio boasts about 10,000 ancient mounds built by the Mound Builders, more than any comparable area worldwide. The featured Serpent Mound in Adams County is a 1,300-foot-long effigy, the world's most notable, promoted via a state tourism booklet.
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OHIO'S
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MOUNDS
Serpent Mound, in Adams County
Ohio's mounds, relics of that race popularly known as the Mound Builders, number about 10,000, and are more numerous in this State than in any other equal area in the world. Serpent Mound, pictured above, is located in Adams County on State Route 73. The form of the serpent measures 1300 feet in length and is from three to five feet in height. It is the outstanding effigy mound in the world. This and other Mound Builder relics worth seeing are described in a booklet "Enjoy Yourself in Ohio," copy of which may be had by mailing request to the Ohio Development and Publicity Commission,
Wyandotte Building, Columbus, Ohio.
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Adams County, Ohio; State Route 73
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Ohio's mounds, relics of the Mound Builders, number about 10,000, more numerous than in any other equal area in the world. Serpent Mound, measuring 1300 feet in length and 3-5 feet in height, is the outstanding effigy mound located in Adams County.