Friday, March 19, 2010
Westmont Mound - Johnstown - Native American?
Finally after all this snow, I have fresh pictures from being out this morning. I headed to the Mound as it is commonly called around here. Though some call it the old Indian Mound. I have been meaning to write about this site for a long time. This is one of those things, I grew up looking at, and in a kind of way take for granted.
It's located on a hillside above downtown Johnstown. The earliest reference I can find so far on the mound is in an 1856 account of the early history of Johnstown.
The next couple of pictures are showing a couple of different angles. As mounds go, it's a nice size. The look reminds me alot of the mounds in Ohio.
I am standing just below the mound looking towards the Morrellville section of the city and to the mountain range that I spent a great deal of time exploring.
This mound is listed on a map - by either Squier or Moorehead. I can't find where I put the map reference, otherwise I would have posted that.
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I grew up from age 2 till 12 and lived near the indian mound as it was called and spent many days playing on the mound winter and summer and exploring the woods around it. On two occassions we lived directly across the street at the base of the mound. There was a water tower at the top of the mound. These photos bring back many memories.
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