One and one-half miles NE in Central Park is an irregular row of mounds, part of a chain built by prehistoric men who were the forerunners of American Indians. Many of remains of that ancient people which once dotted this area were leveled as the town expanded.

2018年9月30日 · One and one half miles NE in Central Park is an irregular row of mounds, part of a chain built by prehistoric men who were the forerunners of American Indians. (A historical marker located in Ashland in Boyd County, Kentucky.)

The bulk of Kentucky’s American Indian history is written within the Commonwealth’s rich archaeological record: thousands of camps, villages, and town sites; caves and rockshelters; and earthen and stone mounds and geometric earthworks.

The Indian mounds constructed in what became Kentucky are believed to have been built by the Adena Culture, a prehistoric people who antedated the Native Americans that the first white explorers found upon their arrival to the region. The Adena Culture spans from approximately 500 B.C. to 100 A.D.

2024年4月18日 · Learn about the indigenous people of Kentucky, the tribes and bands, state recognized tribes,and records. The most prominent early indigenous tribes in Kentucky were the Cherokee, Chickasaws, and Shawnee.

2023年7月19日 · It depicted numerous tribal territories – an intricate patchwork of indigenous communities that once flourished in the region. The map piqued my curiosity. Who were these communities? How did they live? What happened to them? And thus began my journey into the world of the native tribes of Kentucky.

2021年11月22日 · One of the main attractions at Central Park is the set of six burial mounds located behind Crabbe Elementary and the Boyd County Library. These mounds are believed to have been built by the Adena Culture commonly known as the “Mound-Builders”.

Boyd County was formed in 1860 from parts of Lawrence, Greenup and Carter Counties, and we are unable to find any records, in Boyd County, as to slave holders and their slaves, though it is known that many well to do families the Catletts, Davis, …

It told readers that there were no Indians living in Kentucky, they were located in the other states. Filson emphasized that the Cherokee and other Nations had no valid claim to Kentucky because it was originally settled by an ancient white race that greatly predated the Indians.

The earliest evidence of human habitation in Boyd County exists in the forms of numerous earthen mounds containing human skeletons and burial goods giving evidence that Native Americans inhabited the area.