American Indian & Early Pioneer
This room illustrates the rich Indian history
of Logan County from the prehistoric civilizations that hunted here
to the historic Indians that built around a dozen villages on this
land to the Greenville Treaty line running through our borders to
the Shawnee/Seneca Indian Reservation that was located in the
northwest section of the county. Many prominent and influential
Indian chiefs lived here including Blue Jacket (Shawnee), Moluntha
(Shawnee) and Tarhe (Wyandot). Wapatomica, located between West
Liberty and Zanesfield, was the capital of the Shawnee nation for
many years and the site of numerous Indian councils. In 1786
Benjamin Logan led his force of mounted Kentucky militia against
many of the Indian villages and destroying them.
This room contains some collections from Logan County Indian enthusiasts, ranging from the Paleo Indians c. 9500 B.C. through the 1830s including:
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—Indian & pioneer history timeline on wall outside of the Indian and Pioneer Room.
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—tools/utensils.
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—projectile points.
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—weapons - tomahawks, axes, atlatls, bows and arrows.
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—Kentucky Long Rifle
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—a map on the floor showing the Indian towns in Logan County.
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—“hands on” mortar and pestle.
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—artwork of Hal Sherman, including “Death of Chief Moluntha”.
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—re-creations of Indian tools and weapons by Michael Brinkman.
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—mastodon’s tooth found in 1888 by Eugene Grimes in Mac-O-Chee Creek near West Liberty. A mastodon was a hairy, elephant-type animal that died out a few thousand years ago. It’s extinction, as well as other Ice Age mammals in North America, has been attributed by some researchers to the hunting techniques of early cultures.
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—Indian history timeline on wall outside of the Indian
and Pioneer Room —tools/utensils. —projectile points. —weapons - tomahawks, axes, atl-atls, bows and arrows. —a map on the floor showing the Indian towns in Logan County. —kids “hands on” mortar and pestle. —artwork of Hal Sherman, including “Death of Chief Molunthe”. —recreations of Indian tools and weapons by Michael Brinkman. —mastodon’s tooth found in 1888 by Eugene Grimes in Mac-O-Chee Creek near West Liberty. |
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Floor map in the museum which depicts the location of Native Americans in the Logan County area. |
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A mastodon was a hairy, elephant-type animal that died out a few thousand years ago. It’s extinction, as well as other Ice Age mammals in North America, has been attributed by some researchers to the hunting techniques of early cultures. |
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INDIAN VILLAGES AND WAR OF 1812 BLOCKHOUSES
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MUCHINIPPI VILLAGE (SENECA)COUNCIL HOUSE LEWIS'TOWN (SHAWNEE)SHAWNEE COUNCIL HOUSE OLD TOWN (SHAWNEE) BOKENGEHELAS VILLAGE(WYANDOT) SOLOMON'S TOWN (SHAWNEE,DELWARE & WYANDOT)PIGEON TOWN (SHAWNEE) REED'S TOWN (SHAWNEE) BLUE JACKET'S TOWN (SHAWNEE) McKEE'S TOWN SHAWNEE) MOLUNTHA'S TOWN (SHAWNEE) MACKACHACK TOWN (SHAWNEE) WAPATOMICA TOWN (SHAWNEE) ZANE'S TOWN (WYANDOT) MINGO VILLAGE (MINGO) DARBY VILLAGES (SHAWNEE) STONY CREEK VILLAGE (SHAWNEE) WAPAKONETA TOWN (SHAWNEE) |
VANCE BLOCK HOUSE McPHERSON BLOCKHOUSE ZANE'S BLOCKHOUSES (THREE) |
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