Serpent Mound Serpent mound, stretching a quarter mile long, is the largest serpent effigy (representation of an image) known to this day. There are also serpent effigies located in Scotland and Ontario that are very similar. The bottom of the mound is constructed of clay and rock and the soil covering the rock is four to five feet high. The mound was built on top of a remarkably unique cryptoexplosive structure that has caused the effigy to become misshapen through the years. The structure of ...

SEARCHING FOR THE GREAT HOPEWELL ROAD Home THE SEARCH CONTINUES... Dr. Bradley Lepper, Ohio Historical Society The search for the Great Hopewell Road continues. As opportunities arise, I continue to sift through the archives of museums and historical societies for references to earthen walls and ancient roads. In addition, I’m still finding and studying new (and old) aerial photographs of the landscape between Newark and Chillicothe. It is clear that the plow-flattened walls show up ...