Thursday, November 04, 2010
Indian Head Rock Comes Home
KENTUCKY....
An 8-ton boulder known as Indian Head Rock traveled on a flatbed truck Thursday from Portsmouth, Ohio to Greenup County, where it will be stored until it is decided where it will be permanently housed. An expedition of Ohioans moved the rock to Portsmouth in 2007, but a lawsuit resulted in an agreement in April requiring the rock to be returned to Kentucky. The rock jutted out of the water on the Kentucky side of the Ohio River for generations, while initials, names and a crude face had been carved into the rock over the years. State archaeologists say it's an artifact steeped in Kentucky history.
An 8-ton boulder known as Indian Head Rock traveled on a flatbed truck Thursday from Portsmouth, Ohio to Greenup County, where it will be stored until it is decided where it will be permanently housed. An expedition of Ohioans moved the rock to Portsmouth in 2007, but a lawsuit resulted in an agreement in April requiring the rock to be returned to Kentucky. The rock jutted out of the water on the Kentucky side of the Ohio River for generations, while initials, names and a crude face had been carved into the rock over the years. State archaeologists say it's an artifact steeped in Kentucky history.
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