Marker #2-25 : Shrum Mound / Same

Shrum Mound uploaded by Ohio Historical Society
This photograph shows Shrum Mound before it was developed in 1929. Shrum Mound is one of the last remaining conical burial mounds in the city of Columbus. The 20-foot-high and 100-foot-diameter mound is located in the one-acre Campbell roadside park. The mound is grass-covered and steps lead to its summit. It was probably constructed about 2000 years ago by the prehistoric Adena people. The mound is named for the donors, the Shrum family. The park is named for James E. Campbell, governor of Ohio 1890-1892, and located approximately five miles northwest of downtown Columbus. The Adena Culture (500 B.C.- 200 A.D.), named for a mound found on the Chillicothe estate of Thomas Worthington, lived primarily in present-day Ohio and parts of Pennsylvania, Indiana, Kentucky and West Virginia. They built large effigy and burial mounds. The Adena were primarily hunter-gatherers, but began to grow squash and some weedy plants. The Adena people constituted one Early Woodland (800 B.C.-A.D. 100) group (Om3192_002).

Name	User	Date
Shrum Mound September 2006	Clio	09-26-06
Shrum Mound Gate September 2006	Clio	09-26-06
Mound	JBarton	11-11-09
Mound Base	JBarton	11-11-09
Marker Close-up	JBarton	11-11-09
Shrum Mound	Ohio Historical Society	10-04-05
Shrum Mound	Ohio Historical Society	10-04-05
Shrum Mound	Ohio Historical Society	10-04-05

Side A : "Shrum Mound"

On July 7, 1929, the site of this prehistoric Indian Mound was dedicated in memory of Governor James E. Campbell. The park was donated to The Ohio Historical Society by his daughter, Jessie Campbell Coons. It received the name Shrum Mound from the family who owned the land for many generations. It was built by the prehistoric Adena people sometime between 1000 B.C. and 700 A.D.

Side B : "Same"

Same

Latitude / Longitude

39.59399 ° / -83.04808 ° - Map Marker

City

Columbus

Location Directions

West side of McKinley Ave., 1 mile South of intersection with Trabue Rd., Columbus

Keywords

American Indians in Ohio

Categories

Archaeology, Ethnic Heritage

Sponsor(s)

The Ohio Historical Society

Year

1965