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LARGEST MOUND IN THE WORLDSerpent Mound Near Morrow Found to be Work of Mound Builderr.Lebanon, iKt 2 -Thu bits scrpenl Utouuil near Morrow. southeast of 1» button. which lira Own puxxllnb hhteolvRbitfi am! HCJcnUaia for years, Ik now declared to bo tin* int|^( at W'rpahi earthwork lit Urn worM. ii wna long thought to lie of tutt urn I lUlJd, hill export# httv* found ibut It Ik the w«rk of man and doubtless* that 01 the Mon ml UulldfiTSi ho oirlp constructed Kurt Ancient, al*o In Warren county.Prof. o. Frederick Wright and h.‘ O. HuiuloU. officers of the? Ohio 3tntu Historical am! Archeological society visitrd tin* mound and aH a result of their examinations they any that Mi© earthwork has bean constructed by num. They say that tho earth U* different from that of the surround** Irg country and that the task must fcave b»H*n nu herculean one. *The serpent Is somewhat over 1200 feet. lung from end to end and with it*» convolution!! iueafium*tlt; 1U80 fc**t.j Thin weeds the length of the eeto-bmttf serpent mounds in Adam* county by 50 feet Prut Is Udlevcd to Ik* the groaieHt relic of Its kind !.u tiki WtffM. iThe society will make further*' InvcNilsatlon and promises a detail-«*J report soon.
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The Marion Daily Mirror
Marion, Ohio, US
Fri, Oct 02, 1908
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