Lawson Mound Copper Breastplate

ID: 617 ~ Source: Wertz Collection (Item #2001-005-733), Southern Ohio Museum and Cultural Center, Portsmouth, Ohio. Photo by Lacy Davis ~ Creator: Lacy Davis

This file appears in: Mound Park and the Preservation of the Portsmouth Earthworks

This file appears in: Mound Park and the Preservation of the Portsmouth Earthworks

Mound Park and the Preservation of the Portsmouth Earthworks

By Andrew Sewell

Portsmouth's Mound Park lays claim to the lone remnant of the central complex of the Portsmouth Earthworks that once spread across the Ohio River over the modern communities of Portsmouth, Ohio and South Portsmouth and South Shore, Kentucky. The…