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Franklin Township is not without its prehistoric remains. The chief object of this kind is a mound on the old Burrowes farm, northeast of Franklin. The mound is about twenty-five feet in height, and perhaps 100 feet in circumference, and being, as these mounds usually are, on high ground, is visible for miles, while from its summit the beautiful Miami Valley can be seen spread out like a panorama.
Many years ago, a number of men, then young, determined to explore this mound. Mr. Burrowes objecting because he believed it to be a place of sepulture, they took occasion to visit the scene during the hours of night. Among
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No other remains of importance have been found, if we except an occasional skeleton of an Indian, unless a few remarkable things found by Mr. Van Horne, when constructing the Hydraulic at Franklin, which we will speak of in the history of that enterprise.