The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-02-28
OHIO G0LC0NDA



Aingo county people were aghasi when
z they learned that Gracchus Mcguire hsd
obtained an option on the Fr0bisher farm.
for tie story of she pride ana faA OF
Peter frohisher was stlll fresh On thilr
minds. Only year before the old dry
goods merchant began tu build what he
called the finest residence in Southern
Ohio storm of Indignation had swept
over the county when IL was announced
that tho house would D. erected upon am
lndian mound There are an kinds Of
uncanry legends connected with the
earthNoriza scattered hy a prehistoric race
throughout Southern Ohio.
Not man in Valley city could be
hired to dis che cellar. and trohisher
had to send to Rand Run for some Of the
Poles. They had 40 scruples Cor the rea-
son that the legends of the Mopgd Build
crs We're 60 them scaled books. The la-
hnrers dug down eight feet 10 "a pocket
Of white sand. ln which they found a hu-
man skeleton, various strango-iookng im.
plements. an altar of sundried bricks.
and q tablet shaped Ike the sounding
hoard Of q bass viOi and covered with
hiernglyphics.
The news ~ the discovery spread am
over the countryside The farmers after
dark avoided the road which passed the
desccratcd Indian mound. The maspns
anu AfiH carpenters NiAAHAHaNA tA NHAiAttH
the house went away half an hour earlier
than customary 20 keep from being on
unhalloWcd ground after sunset
All this amused Gracious Masuire. He
could have rifed a hundred indian mounds
and felt no trcmOr 0f the nerves lls life
had been the road 0f the rough. he tad
been found tWeniyiour years before IA
a basket at the railroad crossing. Around
his neck we're "a chain of gold and
b. the track walker who discovered him.
The Presbyterian minister. reminded by
this action ol ihe historic remark ~ Cor
nelin, the mother ul the Gracrhi. named
The founding Gracious. Maguire was the
name OF the last man who was killed at
the crossing
craechus Mcguire was reared in the
MlnKo County Orphans Home AZ the
age 81 fourteen De Was taken into Peter
Frobishers dry goods store as an errand
boy lie had taste for learning. saved
hia money. and with ibr aid OF frohiHhef
made his way through college He was ia
Valley City teaching school iu order O.
get funds 10 carry him through "a course
Of medicine.
Maruire took lively interest IN the
things which were found iu the ancient
landmark. which be- called a slcrihciai
mound Ha even read a paper upon ihe
auhjeci before the State Archaeological sut
cieiy. in which be- said that thu finding
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Mound BuIidens had "a written language
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