Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1942-07-23

branches of Dyes Fork of Meigs
Greek (first called Indian Fork) a
few feet under the alluvial soil,
repose the remains of a prehistoric
animal that, if it were alive and on
its feet, would make the largest
elephant in the show ring look in
significant in comparison. The few
bones that have been found show
that they belonged to some great
monster that roamed the country
centuries before the white man S
axe rang in the forest, or the red
man chased the buffalo,
Some gigantic bones were washed
out years ago when the stream
meandered snake-like from hill to
hill changing it's course by fallen
trees, or the ever recurrent floods.
One of which we have some know
ledge was a curved bone, five feet
in length, pronounced by the late
Dr.. Clark, cone of the most widely
known physicians of his time) to be
the rib bone of mastodon, long
since extinct.
4 For many years after a new
Strengthened, nothing more was
found until 1918, when that disas-
trous flood washed out a piece of
an ivory tusk three feet long and
eighteen inches in diameter at the
larger end. r. V. 'Dick" Thorla
owner of the land, who made the
find said it had been exposed to the
sun for week and was beginning
to crack and show signs of disinte-
grafton. We know that part of the
field where these bones were found
but if Dick had his eyesight he
would be able to locate the exact
spot where the tusk was found.
And. by the way, our reference to
Dr.. Clark reminds US that once
! upon a time he had buried treasure
on his farm--Something which the
readers know the place, on the hill
above Woodgrove, now owned by
Finley Elliott 1t was during the
Civil War. Evidently the doctor was
somewhat dubious as to the out
come OF the strife, and was fearful
as to the value of the ''shin-
plasters,' then in circulation,
might be effected and come to
naught At any rate, having become
very wealthy, he had his 'green
backs exchanged for gold, which
he sealed up in fruit jugs and buried
in the ground in various places
on the premises. He lived about
ten years after the war and we won
der il his gold was all dag up be-
fore his corpulent body was con
signed to the earth in the Windy
Hill cemetery.
Referring to this burial ground.
formerly known as the Brooks
graveyard, brings up a thought
relative to the old Dye cemetery on
the hill adjacent to Renrock. 1t is
our belief that this spot OF ground
at some remote time served some
purpose for that vanished race, the
mound builders
Nearly three-quarters of CEN
tury ago, in digging grave, the
workmen came upon what appeared
to be a portion of a stone arch. 1t
was some distance beneath the sur
face Of the ground. The diggers
thought perhaps some of the early
settlers Dyes might have had a
sugar camp there. We think they
were mistaken. We wonder how
this camp furnace would be so far
buried beneath the surface when
most all other camp sites were still
visible above the ground.
Our belief that this formation OF
stone had some connection with
that prehistoric race is strength
cned by the fact that only short
distance from here is one of those
little mounds, the same as found in
various parts of this country We