Description: View of the top of the Adena Mound in Chillicothe, Ohio, before its excavation. In 1901, while Curator of Archaeology of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society (now the Ohio History Connection), William C. Mills excavated the Adena Mound. He and his team of workers discovered a number of artifacts in the mound, including copper bracelets and rings, slate gorgets, spear points made from Flint Ridge flint, and many bone and shell beads. The most remarkable artifact found in the Adena Mound was the Adena effigy pipe, also known as the Adena Man, which is now recognized as the state artifact of Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08438
Subjects: Ross County (Ohio); Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio; American Indians--Archaeology; Archaeology--United States--History;
Places: Ross County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of the interior hall at Adena, the home of United States Senator and Ohio Governor Thomas Worthington, near Chillicothe, Ohio. The photograph, taken in July 1896, shows fireplace with antlers above the mantle and a grandfather clock. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04731
Subjects: Ross County (Ohio); Ohio History--Settlement and Early Statehood; Worthington, Thomas, 1773-1827; Ohio History--State and Local Government
Places: Chillicothe (Ohio); Ross County (Ohio)
 

Description: Human effigy pipe also called the Adena Man or the Adena Pipe, from the Adena culture, Early Woodland period, 500 BC-1 AD. This photograph shows the pipe being excavated from Burial 21, Adena Mound, Ross County, in 1901. The object, which measures 1.97 by 2.60 by 7.87 inches (5 by 6.6 by 20 cm), is held in the Ohio History Connection Archaeology Collection, and is now recognized as the state artifact of Ohio. Tubular pipes such as this one were common in the Adena culture (800 B.C. - A.D. 1), although effigy pipes are unusual, rendering this particular pipe very unique. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00258
Subjects: Ross County (Ohio); American Indians in Ohio; Adena culture; Adena Mound; Ohio state symbols; Effigy pipes
Places: Ross County (Ohio)
 

Description: The caption reads: "The Old McGirr House". The McGirr house is an historic landmark, built in 1854. It is one of Chillicothe's best examples of residential architecture of the mid 19th century. It is located at 71 West 4th Street. Today, it is called the David Nickens Heritage Center which is dedicated to telling little know bits of history. The permanent three exhibits are The Underground Railroad, African American Women in the 19th Century and The Black Church in America. It is located beside the First Baptist Church of Chillicothe, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B07F02_008_1
Subjects: Chillicothe (Ross County, Ohio); Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.
Places: Chillicothe (Ohio); Ross County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads "Street Scene 4th & Paint St, Chillicothe." Businesses shown include the Royal Theatre, Chillicothe Business College, and J.C. Penney Company. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F10_007_1
Subjects: Theaters; Chillicothe (Ross County, Ohio)--History.
Places: Chillicothe (Ohio); Ross County (Ohio)
 

Description: The photograph shows North Paint Street in Chillicothe, Ohio from above including a view diagonally across from the Warner Hotel. Previously on the site of the Warner Hotel was another hotel called Valley House until the ownership changed and it was renamed Emmitt House. Jake Warner then took ownership of the building remodeling it and renaming it the Warner Hotel in 1886. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F10_003_1
Subjects: Chillicothe (Ross County, Ohio)--History
Places: Chillicothe (Ohio); Ross County (Ohio)
 

Description: Memorial monument to Catherine Gougar, who was captured by Native Americans in 1744, released and returned to Ohio in 1798 to settle near the place of her enslavement in Ross County. The monument was erected by her great-grandchildren in 1915. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00006
Subjects: Ross County (Ohio); Multicultural Ohio--Ohio Women
Places: Ross County (Ohio)
 

Description: Basket conveyor made by the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company of Columbus, Ohio. It was used by the Sears-Nicholas Canning Company of Chillicothe, Ohio, 1910. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01281
Subjects: Ross County (Ohio); Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Chillicothe (Ohio)
 

Description: A wagon dump and conveyor made by the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company of Columbus, Ohio, were used by the Sears-Nicholas Canning Factory in Chillicothe, Ohio, 1910. A basket conveyor can be seen on a bridge in the left-hand side of the photograph. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01283
Subjects: Ross County (Ohio); Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Chillicothe (Ohio)
 

Description: Adena, located in Chillicothe, Ohio, was the estate of Ohio's first United States Senator and sixth Governor, Thomas Worthington. The mansion, built in 1807, was designed by the first professional architect in the United States, Benjamin Latrobe. Adena was refurbished to resemble its early 19th century appearance and reopened to the public in 2003 to celebrate the Ohio Bicentennial. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01029
Subjects: Ross County (Ohio); Other--Ohio Historical Society
Places: Chillicothe (Ohio)