Description: This map was prepared for the Centennial Exposition held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1876, the first World's Fair held in the United States. It shows principal war paths, villages, and American Indian trails, stockades and forts with date of erection, the sites of battles and skirmishes with their date, and the route of military expeditions with their date. It also shows the location of many of Ohio's significant prehistoric earthworks, and includes plans and views of several of them. Sections from the map are missing. The 36 sections of the map were digitally pieced together to produce this composite image. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Map_VFM_0-620-2
Subjects: Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.); Ohio--Maps, Manuscript; American Indians--Maps; American Indians--Warfare; Archaeology--United States--History
Places: Ohio
 

Description: A map of Ohio Indian village sites and trails, done by H.C. Shetrone and R.B. Sherman of the Ohio Historical Society. Also included on the map are American and European posts, the Greenville Treaty line, and notations for whether an Indian town was associated with the Delaware, Wyandot, Shawnee or Miami tribe. A chronology printed on either side of the map covers Ohio's history and settlement, as well as interactions between American Indians and settlers, from 1669 until 1842. Shetrone was Curator of Archaeology for the Ohio Historical Society between 1921 and 1928 and served as the Society's director from 1928 until 1947. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MAP_VFM0477_4
Subjects: American Indians in Ohio; Maps--Ohio; Map drawing; American Indian history and society; American Indians--Maps; Treaty of Green Ville (1795);
Places: Ohio
 

Description: This map shows American Indian trails and war roads throughout the southwestern Ohio region, dating from the last decades of the 18th century. Also identified on the map are locations of towns, camps and settlements; millitary forts and stockades; important natural resources; sites of battles during the Ohio Indian Wars; and other points of interest. According to the title, the map was drawn by Morten Carlisle and published in 1930, and was compiled from a map by R. G. Lewis and Walter M. Dawley with the aid of W. H. Burtner and John B. Hunley. The original map has been split into six pieces. The final digital image shows these pieces positioned in their original order. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MAPVFM0434_4_01
Subjects: American Indian history; American Indians--Maps; Ohio History--Settlement and Early Statehood; American Indian tribal leaders; Battlefields;
Places: Southwestern Ohio
 

Description: Published in "Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley" by E.G. Squier and E.H. Davis in 1848, this is a drawing showing an aerial view of the Seip Earthworks, a Hopewell site, in Bainbridge, Ohio, in Ross County. Seip Mound is one of the largest earthen mounds built by the Hopewell culture (100 B.C.-500 A.D.), an ancient American Indian culture group. The earthworks is 240 feet long, 130 feet wide, and 30 feet high. Originally, this mound was surrounded by a large, semi-circular enclosure that was connected to smaller circular and square enclosures. In all, the earthworks enclosed 121 acres with 10,000 feet of embankment walls. The Ohio History Connection excavated Seip Mound between 1925 and 1928. The excavation team discovered more than one hundred burials associated with a variety of artifacts crafted from exotic raw materials such as copper and mica. At the conclusion of the study, the mound was restored to its original dimensions. Between 1906 and 1909, the Ohio History Connection explored a smaller structure, composed of three connected mounds, located a short distance to the east of the large Seip Mound. This mound also was called "Seip Mound," but to avoid confusion it is now referred to as the Seip Conjoined Mound. Sometimes the larger Seip Mound is called the Seip-Pricer Mound. Seip Mound is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08599
Subjects: Ross County (Ohio); Mounds--Ohio; American Indians--Archaeology; Maps; Hopewell Culture (A.D. 1-400) (A.D. 1–400)
Places: Bainbridge (Ohio); Ross County (Ohio)
 

Description: Mapmaker John Melish created this map of Ohio around 1812. The map shows the land office districts in Ohio, including the Virginia Military District, and Ohio Company and the Western Reserve lands. The border of the American Indian lands in the northwest part of the state is drawn on the map. It is hand colored and measures 9.45" x 9.45" (24 x 24 cm). Originally from Scotland, Melish was an important figure in early United States cartography, or mapmaking. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om1529_1169180_001
Subjects: Geography and Natural Resources; American Indians in Ohio; Maps--Midwest--Ohio
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Hand-colored map of the United States dated 1851, published in Hartford by Case, Tiffany & Co. The map includes the United States and territories, as well as Mexico and portions of Canada, South America and the Caribbean Islands. Insets also include an illustrated view of the "Capitol at Washington" and a portrait of George Washington. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MAPVFM_0303_F
Subjects: Maps--United States; American frontier; Geography and Natural Resources; American Indians;
Places: United States