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Stories Old and Often Told: Being the Chronicles of Scioto County, Ohio, pages 127 and 128
Henry T. Bannon
Pages 127 and 128 of Stories Old and Often Told: Being the Chronicles of Scioto County, Ohio by Henry T. Bannon published in 1927.
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Severe Drouth Follows Panic
Louisville Courier-Journal
An article published in the Louisville Courier-Journal on the drought of 1854.
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Photograph - Man in Boat across from Indian Head Rock
Unknown
A man in boat across the river from Indian Head Rock circa 1930s.
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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.
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Inidan Rock
Portsmouth Daily Times
An article published in the Portsmouth Daily Times on the Indian Head Rock from October 30, 1930.
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The River
Ralph Conley
An article published in the Wheeling Intelligencer mentioning the Indian Head Rock from July 29, 1958.
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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.
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Those Were the Days
Portsmouth Times
An article published in the Portsmouth Times on the Indian Head Rock from December 21, 1977.
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Those Were the Days
Portsmouth Times
An article published in the Portsmouth Times on the Indian Head Rock from June 10, 1980.
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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.
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Those Were the Days
Portsmouth Times
An article published in the Portsmouth Times on Indian Head Rock from July 1, 1981.
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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.
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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."
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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.
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Photograph of the Extraction Crew
Steve Shaffer
Photograph of the Indian Head Rock extraction crew on the day of the Rock's removal.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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".
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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.
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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