Knob Prarie Mound (Enon, Ohio)

 Mound Builders, Native American

The largest conical mound in Clark County, the Enon Adena Mound is the second largest in Ohio. Miamisburg Mound, the largest, is about 35 miles southwest of Enon.

This is Adena mound is in Enon, right in the middle of Mound Street. It used to be known
as The Knob Prairie Mound, and is the second largest mound in Ohio. Although once 49 feet high, at present it is only 40 feet high and covers more than an acre of land. Enon Mound was said to be purchased by Mr. Charles Beaver and deeded to the village of Enon in 1953. It is estimated to contain12,800 cubic yards of dirt. A hedge surrounds the mound and there are a number of trees on each side of the mound. Part of the shape is lost, they think do to being weathered away. But this is not proven due to in the 1881, a group of men dug into the center of the mound! They wrote that about 30 feet from the top they found a shape similar to an oven tall enough to stand in. They claimed to have found charred wood and decayed bones in it. This is not proven that the dig happened and little is know about that. There is a story that General George Rodgers Clark sent some horsemen in 1780 to the top of the mound to see the surrounding country before his march toward Piqua with a thousand soldiers. Another story is that William Henry Harrison in 1840 made a speech from the top of the mound during his campaign for president. In order to make an impression on the people he had a flagpole planted on the top of the mound. It promptly sank. All kinds of stories followed. One was that the soil was loose from people digging into it.

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