Serpent Mound State Memorial
Serpent Mound is one of the few effigy mounds in Ohio. It is the largest and finest serpent effigy in the United States. The museum contains exhibits on the mound and the geology of the surrounding area, known as the Serpent Mound crypto explosion structure.
From the monument…
The Serpent Mound
The Serpent Mound was first described by Squire and Davis in “Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley” in 1848.
Saved from destruction in 1886 Frederick Ward Putnam, Professor of American Archaeology and ethnology, Harvard University.
The land included in the park was secured by subscription obtained by ladies of Boston in 1887, when it was deeded to the Trustees of the Peabody Museum of Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass, exempted from taxation by the act of legislation of Ohio in 1888. Transferred by Harvard University May 1900, to Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society for Perpetual care.
To learn more visit ohiohistory.org