On This Day in West Virginia History, March 19th
Mountaineer News- Mar 19, 2023
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March 19, 2023
Mountaineer News
Vintage West Virginia
The Grave Creek Mound, a Native American burial mound located in present-day Moundsville, was opened on March 19, 1838, by Jesse Tomlinson.
Learn more: Mounds and Mound Builders "American Antiquities at Grave Creek" Grave Creek Mound: Description by Meriwether Lewis, 1803 Grave Creek Mound: Description by Thaddeus Mason Harris, 1803 Grave Creek Mound: Description by Reuben Gold Thwaites, 1894 Sources on Native Americans in West Virginia Document-Based Questions
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