Enon Mound

About 5 miles southwest of Springfield.

This is Adena mound is in Enon, right in the
middle of Mound Street. It used to be known
as The Knob Prairie Mound, and is the second
largest mound in Ohio. Although once 49 feet high,
at present it is only 40 feet high and covers more
than an acre of land. Enon Mound was said to be
purchased by Mr. Charles Beaver and deeded to the
village of Enon in 1953. It is estimated to
contain12,800 cubic yards of dirt.
A hedge surrounds the mound and there are a
number of trees on each side of the mound.
Part of the shape is lost, they think do to being
weathered away. But this is not proven due to in
the 1881, a group of men dug into the center of
the mound! They wrote that about 30 feet from the
top they found a shape similar to an oven tall
enough to stand in. They claimed to have found
charred wood and decayed bones in it. This is not
proven that the dig happened and little is know
about that. There is a story that General George
Rodgers Clark sent some horsemen in 1780 to
the top of the mound to see the surrounding country
before his march toward Piqua with a thousand
soldiers. Another story is that William Henry
Harrison in 1840 made a speech from the top of
the mound during his campaign for president.
In order to make an impression on the people he
had a flagpole planted on the top of the mound.
It promptly sank. All kinds of stories followed.
One was that the soil was loose from people
digging into it.

Pictured below is a picture of Enon Mound



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