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Description: Four photographs depict the development of Shrum Mound. The first two show the mound before it was developed in 1929. The third shows it soon afterwards; the final depicts the mound in July 1963. The first three photographs measure 5" by 7" (12.7 by 17.8 cm) ; the fourth measures 8" by 10" (20.32 by 25.4 cm). 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. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3192_3805982_001
Subjects: American Indians in Ohio; Geography and Natural Resources; Mounds (Burials); Trees; Parks
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)