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Indian Head Rock Project
 
The Indian Head Rock Project was initiated by Steve Middleton during the filming of his documentary Between the Rock and the Commonwealth in the summer of 2016. The collection consists of documentation and images on the history, and folklore, of the Indian Head Rock that was located in the Ohio River across from Portsmouth, Ohio. Included in the collection are newspaper clippings, photographs, and videos interviews with individuals associated with the removal of the rock from the river and the political and legal actions that followed.
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  • Photograph - Man in Boat across from Indian Head Rock by Unknown

    Photograph - Man in Boat across from Indian Head Rock

    Unknown

    A man in boat across the river from Indian Head Rock circa 1930s.

  • Postcard - Bird's Eye View of Portsmouth, Ohio, showing U. S. Grant Bridge, Ohio and Scioto Rivers by Unknown

    Postcard - Bird's Eye View of Portsmouth, Ohio, showing U. S. Grant Bridge, Ohio and Scioto Rivers

    Unknown

    Postcard of Portsmouth, Ohio from across the Ohio River from Kentucky circa 1930.

  • Inidan Rock by Portsmouth Daily Times

    Inidan Rock

    Portsmouth Daily Times

    An article published in the Portsmouth Daily Times on the Indian Head Rock from October 30, 1930.

  • The River by Ralph Conley

    The River

    Ralph Conley

    An article published in the Wheeling Intelligencer mentioning the Indian Head Rock from July 29, 1958.

  • United State Geological Survey Map, 1964 by United State Geological Survey and Richard A. Sheppard

    United State Geological Survey Map, 1964

    United State Geological Survey and Richard A. Sheppard

    United State Geological Survey map of the Portsmouth Quadrangle published in 1964.

  • Those Were the Days by Portsmouth Times

    Those Were the Days

    Portsmouth Times

    An article published in the Portsmouth Times on the Indian Head Rock from December 21, 1977.

  • Those Were the Days by Portsmouth Times

    Those Were the Days

    Portsmouth Times

    An article published in the Portsmouth Times on the Indian Head Rock from June 10, 1980.

  • Carnegie Museum of Natural History Archaeological Survey by James L. Swauger

    Carnegie Museum of Natural History Archaeological Survey

    James L. Swauger

    Archaeological survey forms completed by the Carnegie Museum of Natural History on the Indian Head Rock from February 12, 1981 and July 9, 1984.

  • Those Were the Days by Portsmouth Times

    Those Were the Days

    Portsmouth Times

    An article published in the Portsmouth Times on Indian Head Rock from July 1, 1981.

  • Kentucky Archaeological Site Survey Form by Office of the State Archaeologist, University of Kentucky

    Kentucky Archaeological Site Survey Form

    Office of the State Archaeologist, University of Kentucky

    Archaeological Site Survey Form completed by the Office of the State Archaeologist at the University of Kentucky related to the Indian Head Rock on July 2, 1986.

  • Indian Head Rock: Underwater on September 7, 2002 by Steve Shaffer

    Indian Head Rock: Underwater on September 7, 2002

    Steve Shaffer

    The Indian Head Rock filmed underwater in the Ohio River opposite Portsmouth, Ohio on September 7, 2002 by Steve Shaffer. Assumed to be mistitled "2nd Rock Approximately 100 yards Up-Stream from Indian Head Rock."

  • Ironton Resident Documenting Lost Art in River by Chillicothe Gazette

    Ironton Resident Documenting Lost Art in River

    Chillicothe Gazette

    An article published in the Chillicothe Gazette on Steve Shaffer's research on petroglyphs in the Ohio River.

  • Photograph of the Extraction Crew by Steve Shaffer

    Photograph of the Extraction Crew

    Steve Shaffer

    Photograph of the Indian Head Rock extraction crew on the day of the Rock's removal.

  • Historic River Rock Rescued by Frank Lewis

    Historic River Rock Rescued

    Frank Lewis

    Article published in the Portsmouth Daily Times on the extraction of the Indian Head Rock on September 9, 2007.

  • Retrevial of the Indian Head Rock by Steve Shaffer

    Retrevial of the Indian Head Rock

    Steve Shaffer

    The retrevial of the Indian Head Rock from the Ohio River across from Portsmouth, Ohio on September 9, 2007.

  • Removal of Indian Head Rock by Unknown.

    Removal of Indian Head Rock

    Unknown.

    Removal of Indian Head Rock on September 9, 2007.

  • Removal of Indian Head Rock by Unknown.

    Removal of Indian Head Rock

    Unknown.

    Removal of Indian Head Rock on September 9, 2007.

  • Removal of Indian Head Rock by Unknown.

    Removal of Indian Head Rock

    Unknown.

    Removal of Indian Head Rock on September 9, 2007.

  • Group Works to Raise Historic Indian's Head Rock from River by Steven Shaffer

    Group Works to Raise Historic Indian's Head Rock from River

    Steven Shaffer

    Article published in the Huntington Herald-Dispatch on the removal of Indian Head Rock from October 2, 2007.

  • An Analysis of the Face of Indian's Head Rock by Fred E. Coy III

    An Analysis of the Face of Indian's Head Rock

    Fred E. Coy III

    Article published in volume 13, no. 1 (2008) of the Eastern States Rock Art Research Association Newsletter by Fred E. Coy III on the history of Indian's Head Rock.

  • Comments on the Portsmouth “Indian Head” Rock by Robert F. Maslowski

    Comments on the Portsmouth “Indian Head” Rock

    Robert F. Maslowski

    Report issued by Robert F. Maslowski on the history of Indian Head Rock and its status as an "object of antiquity" and relation to Portsmouth, Ohio.

  • Comments on the Portsmouth “Indian Head” Rock by James L. Murphy

    Comments on the Portsmouth “Indian Head” Rock

    James L. Murphy

    Report issued by James L. Murphy on the history of Indian Head Rock and its legitimacy as a "object of antiquity".

  • Sandstone and Chisel: Three Historic Ohio "Indian" Rock Carvings by James L. Murphy

    Sandstone and Chisel: Three Historic Ohio "Indian" Rock Carvings

    James L. Murphy

    Article by James L. Murphy on the Indian Head Rock published in the Ohio Archaeologist volume 58, Number 4 (2008), pages 4 to 9.

  • Ohio General Assembly H.R. No. 137 by Ohio State General Assembly

    Ohio General Assembly H.R. No. 137

    Ohio State General Assembly

    Bill passed by the Ohio State Assembly declaring that the Indian Head Rock was historically associated with the City of Portsmouth, Ohio.

  • Indian Head Rock After Cleaning by Unknown.

    Indian Head Rock After Cleaning

    Unknown.

    Indian Head Rock after cleaning circa 2008.

 

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