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Ancient fort on the hill north of Hardinsburg, Dearborn County, Indiana , Ancient fort on the last hill between the Ohio and Great Miami rivers, Hamilton County, Ohio

Indiana. Geological Survey · 1879 Full Details

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Ancient fort on the hill north of Hardinsburg, Dearborn County, Indiana , Ancient fort on the last hill between the Ohio and Great Miami rivers, Hamilton County, Ohio
Description
At head of first title: Plate H , At head of second title: Plate I. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Shows prehistoric forts [Miami Fort and Oberting site, 12D25] and mounds. Unable to locate precise coordinates for Indiana fortifications. Provided coordinates are for Dearborn County. "The following map and diagrams are reduced copies of a most elegantly executed map of Lawrenceburg and its surroundings, made and presented to the Indiana Archaeological Society by Mr. Samuel Morrison, C. E., of Indianapolis."--Geological Survey of Indiana. Annual report, 1979, page 121. "For description of plates, see pages 121 and 122." Detached from: Eighth, ninth, and tenth annual reports of the Geological Survey of Indiana, made in the years 1876-77-78. Indianapolis : Indianapolis Journal Company, State printers, 1879. Page 125., Imprint: [Indianapolis] : [Geological Survey of Indiana], [1879]; Imprint: [Indianapolis] : [Indianapolis Journal Company, State printers], [1879], Dimensions: 22 x 14 cm; Scale: Scale not given.
Creator
Morrison, Samuel (Civil engineer)
Publisher
Indiana. Geological Survey
Subject
Mounds, Fortification, Prehistoric, Indians of North America
Temporal Coverage
1879
Date Issued
1879
Access Rights
Public
Format
JPEG
Language
English
Date Added
February 01, 2025
Provenance Statement
8th, 9th, and 10th Annual Reports (1876, 1877, 1878) / Indiana. Geological Survey.

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    Morrison, Samuel (Civil engineer) (1879). Ancient fort on the hill north of Hardinsburg, Dearborn County, Indiana , Ancient fort on the last hill between the Ohio and Great Miami rivers, Hamilton County, Ohio. Indiana. Geological Survey. https://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/images/VAC3073/VAC3073-M-01548 (map)
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