Ohio River

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Ohio River

Native Americans valued the resources of the Ohio River Valley as much as later white settlers. Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society.

This file appears in: Indian Mounds

By Tim Talbott
Historical Marker #921 in Ashland's Central Park notes the location of a series of six ancient Native American mounds. The Indian mounds constructed in what became Kentucky are believed to have been built by the Adena Culture, a prehistoric…