TODAY IN PARK HISTORY

Hopewell Culture
courtesy of the National Park Service

MAY 27

1992
The Mound City Group National Monument is renamed the Hopewell Culture National Historical Park. Located in Chillicothe, Ohio, the park contains nationally significant archeological resources including large earthwork and mound complexes that provide an insight into the social, ceremonial, political, and economic life of the Hopewell people.