File:Sketch of Mound cemetery, Marietta, Ohio (1906) (14591321949).jpg

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Title: Sketch of Mound cemetery, Marietta, Ohio
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Cotton, Willia Dawson. (from old catalog)
Subjects: Marietta, O. Mound cemetery. (from old catalog)
Publisher: (Marietta, Ohio) Marietta register print
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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greatly superior tothe aborigines of the country. The sides of the ramparts and moundswere covered by grand old trees, the growthof centuries. One day, in the presence ofGovernor St. Clair, some trees were felled,and the number of concentric circles countedin order to ascertain their age. One of thelargest, a poplar tree, contained 452 circles,and therefore was more than 452 years old.The Rev. Manasseh Cutler, from whose jour-nal the above facts were taken, wrote, Ad-mitting the age of the present growth to be450 years and that it had been preceded byone of equal size and age, which as probablyas otherwise was not the first, the works havebeen deserted more than 900 years. If theywere occupied 100 years, they were erectedmore than 1000 years ago. The worthy pioneers gave evidence of theirwisdom and culture by laying out broadstreets and ample lots, and above all by re-serving some of the most perfect of theancient earthworks for public grounds. With their countrys struggle for liberty
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still fresh in their minds they could nothonor sufficiently the name of the beautifulQueen of France, who had helped them dur-ing that weary period by her love and sym-pathy; and at an early meeting it was decidedto call the square which contained the conicalmound Marie Antoinette Square. It borethis name until 1791, but after that it wassimply designated as Mound Square. TheGreat Mound, or Conus, as it is sometimescalled, is as perfect today as it was when firstdiscovered by Putnams little band. Itsperpendicular altitude is 30 feet, and its baseis a regular circle, 375 feet in circumference.It is surrounded by a moat 15 feet wide and4 feet deep, and defended by a parapet 20feet thick and 585 feet in circumference.What a wonderful piece of work it is! Whata witness to the skill and intelligence of aprehistoric people! What lessons it teachesin constancy and patience when we realizethat all the earth used was probably carriedfrom some distant place in baskets, and thatas it rose foot b

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