Fluidr / 1coffeelady's "Council Oak/Winameg Mounds~Winameg, Ohio & Rare Ohio Windbreak & Jacob Young Log Cabin ~ Alvordton, Ohio" set

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The community is named after a Potawatomi Indian chief, named Winameg. The chief became friends with a white pioneer.
Fulton County, Ohio.

"Col. D. W. H. Howard" Historic Marker ~ Winameg, Ohio

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(Pioneer of Fulton County)
At the foot of the hill, lie Col. Howard and his wife Mary. There he rests beneath his beloved Council Oak and near his friend Chief Winameg.
Behind him, Col. Howard left a record of accomplishments and good deeds, not only in behalf of the Indians whom he loved, but also in behalf of his own people. He was the leader in the struggle to convert this region from swampland to the thriving community of today. His large white home on the hill above was long a social, political, and business center of Fulton County.
Col. Howard served in the Ohio Senate and was a presidential elector for Lincoln. Privately, he took part in several railroad enterprises and was the foremost historian of this area.
Council Oak is a living monument to the two great leaders -- Chief Winameg and Col. Howard. Fulton County.

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"Council Oak" Historic Marker ~ Winameg, Ohio

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(Chief Winameg ~ Col. D.W.H. Howard)
Of the three things for which the site is historically important, only one survives - the famous Council Oak. Given the power of speech, the great tree could tell a stirring story of council meetings, torture of war prisoners, and of two friends - a red man and a white man - who lie buried beneath its sheltering boughs.
On the ridge above, Chief Winameg lived with his people, the Pottawatomies, in the largest Indian village in these parts. When young D.W.H. Howard first visited here, the old chief's head was whitened by the snows of 100 winters. The two became fast friends.
Several years later, Howard and his father returned to the banks of Bad Creek and built a log trading post. Having been schooled in an Indian mission, Howard was appointed interpreter for the Indians by President Jackson. On many occasions, he sat with his red friends beneath the council tree as the white man sought the Indian's lands.
When the Pottawatomies finally agreed to leave their homes for the far West, Col. Howard accompanied them as far as Ft. Leavenworth. In 1842, he settled here on his farm and led a rich and full life.

"Winameg Mounds" Historic Marker ~ Winameg, Ohio

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This site(approximately 6 acres) contains 12 low mounds which each averaged 3 foot high and 35 feet wide. They contain adult, children, and animal remains and cremains, altars, and personal belongings of pre-historic mound building cultures from the Hopewellian-Erie Period (500b.c.-500a.d.). Ohio Archaeological inventory Site #33FU-1 National Register of Historic Places Site #74001500

Council Tree, Prehistoric Mounds & Mastodon Site ~ Winameg, Ohio

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The tree is no longer there, having succumbed to disease and then removed in 1992. The tree was 300 years old when cut down. The whole story of this area and the Chief and Colonel is worth your further research and reading. It is a really interesting area. In addition to the tree and the two men, the hill above the tree is the site of prehistoric mounds, and within a few blocks were also discovered mastodon bones in a bog area. This area was of apparent interest to the aboriginal peoples for a very long time.

*The hill mentioned is just beyond the historic marker,

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