A good chunk of the year. 🙂 Editing took over a month and a half, likely the most intense project I’ve ever done. But by far, the most fun to do. I loved going to all these cool places, lots of cool things crossed off the bucket list. Climbing the monks mound at Cahokia: definitely a highlight!
I definitely question the timelines more. Many of these sites in Ohio, are dated by the type of artifacts and building methods. A great number of them, the archaeologists can’t tell you whom built it. They admit that many of the cultures overlapped and they have no idea. Me, I just look at commonality. Does the pottery look similar? Do the designs in the pottery looks similar? Do depictions of people look similar?
One thing I hope people open their eyes to , is that true history has been hidden from us for whatever reason , my History teacher in the mid 80's told us that what was in our history books was different than what was in the history books he was taught out of and he said he believed they have been changing them for a long tine .
I've been waiting a few days for some downtime so I can fully concentrate on it and watch it straight through! I'm so glad I did!! This video COMMANDS and DESERVES full ATTENTION.
Tamucua's in Florida are just as difficult to find artifact collections. They were at least 7' tall. Miami is a name for places not by coincidence. Excellent research!
I really enjoy this channel... I grew up in Floyd County, Indiana... exploring the woods and knobs (hills) was always sure to find something intriguing 🤔... from waterfalls... to forgotten cemeteries... to old settler cabins that long ago had fallen to ruin...
Mr. Roger’s Chanel is better than the history channel. Brother respects us and never leads us with 🥕’s on a string - 🐰. Absolutely grade A content, from a smart well read and well researched gentleman. This channel is the best!
Takes me forever to do voice overs. I have a very thick southern Indiana accent, and will often re-record things three times. Then, I get people that claim that it’s AI after I do all that work! They get blocked for life. 🙂
As a fellow Hoosier who was born and raised in Floyd and Clark counties, your films make me realize why there's no place like home! I love the hills and hollers of southern Indiana and the scenic beauty you capture remind me of growing up barefoot, running thru the woods and creeks. What sweet memories! I am motivated to visit the museums you featured and I'm truly heartbroken that our rich history has been pillaged and lost forever. There are so many mysteries in this area! You, sir, have done an excellent job at documenting what we are left with. Thank you so much!
Really liked this. As a young teenager I was shown a Indian mound just north of Roseburg, Indiana. Sits on a bluff above a stream. I never knew or thought about it being so old. Thanks for this video.
My pleasure, Douglas! Some of these in Indiana range from 1000 to over 2000 years old. There are many small ones made by the Delaware Indians, but it’s inconclusive if they copied the mound builders or were actual descendants. There’s at least one example near Shelbyville, where the Delaware buried bodies on top of an existing mound: artifacts are completely different.
Truthfully, you could be right. Fort Wayne, Indianapolis, Clarksville and Evansville were all once covered with burial mounds, and you can’t find one today: totally obliterated.
Several years ago, while digging up soil for my raised-bed garden, I found a spearpoint, a local guy who's into "Indian" artifacts said after examining it that it was 5,000 to 6,000 years old. Quite a find! I'm located in south-central Indiana.
A friend of mine found a very old spearpoint along the Ohio river, after a flood. His favorite thing about that find, was showing me a picture of a footprint right next to it, where someone missed it! There are a few spots in the Hoosier national Forest with verified petroglyphs. I was hoping to go this year, but it may have to wait until spring.
All along the Ohio, White and Wabash rivers are prime artifact areas. I poked into some caves along the Wabash, a few years ago, but the most interesting were down at Shoals, along the White River. I’ve heard many cool things about going deeper into the Hoosier National Forest, but don’t have any locations just yet.
Roger, the Natural Field Museum in Chicago has an immense amount of Native American artificats on display. That museum trip opened my eyes to how advanced and diverse the Native Americans are.
They actually have Indiana artifacts from the Borden collection in their catalog! Unike the Smithsonian, they didn’t lose them. I almost went to that museum when I had a girlfriend up there.
@@AdventureswithRoger Many artifacts from Dr Borden are also "lost". Some you have discussed before. The giants from the area of the Falls of the Ohio readily come to mind . . .
@@AdventureswithRoger Roger, If you havent gone to the Field Museum I think in light of your videos you should. I was downright shocked at the extent of Native American artificats they had on display.
@@AdventureswithRogerI'm sure the Field isn't 100% honest but they do seem to at least have a conscience unlike the Smithsonian. As a lifelong Chicagoan, the city deservedly gets a bad rep(it's damn corruption from politicians that ruins everything, Washington corruption has nothing on Crooked County)but the museums are fantastic. I urge you to visit & especially hit the Field & Museum of Science and Industry
Roger, I moved to Merom 1 year ago and have wanted to try and find Fort Azaltan. Now I really hope to do so next spring. I live 1200 feet from the Bluff wall and absolutely love how rich in history my tiny little town is. Thank you for this and all your "history of our area" videos, I am a fan.
Also, we live 1/2 mile from Mounds State park in Anderson and walked it many times. Your videos have opened up our minds to what is sprinkled through Indiana.
Mounds State Park is a very interesting area. There is a cave system underneath the mounds, that was blasted shut. A little girl once got lost in there, and after she was rescued, it was blasted to prevent potential tragedies. If you look online, people are selling old postcards that show the cave spring at Mounds State Park! I believe there’s actually a kiosk down by the river, showing that exact postcard. What interested me about that, was a rumor of artifacts that were found inside. That may be a tall tale, but it sure makes me wonder. I was talking to a guy outside Shelbyville, that lives near a large mound in the woods. he said the local rumor was that a farmer dug a well, and hit a cave system. That cave went underneath the mound and there were artifacts there as well. The state was called, people came by, things were taken, the cave was closed. Again, I don’t know if it’s folklore or legit! 🙂
Entertaining, Intriguing and comprehensive. This documentary proves to us all that we need to get out of the fake world of our phones, look up and experience the world around us. There are so many fascinating things to explore, both within driving distance and worldwide. Thank you Roger for another wonderfully produced and narrated window into history.
I’d recommend Cahokia, Mounds State Park and The Serpent Mound, to anyone interested in ancient North American civilization. Simply a joy to explore each.
Been here since early on and I love seeing the broadening of content that the channel has taken on. I'm never disappointed, I'm sure this one will be no different.
This was WONDERFUL! Im originally from Peoria, IL, & when i was little, maybe 9-11 yrs old, we went on a day trip to an indian burial ground. It was covered, & remember the burial site itself, was round. I thought it was really cool seeing all the old bones, but certainly didnt appreciate it. Im 76 yrs old now, so it was a looong time ago. Cant remember the name of it. My parents were farmers, & daddy was always finding arrowheads, as he plowed. I look at those things now, & wonder about the people who wandered around our fields, & hunted the plentiful deer that we had, & camped there. Wish i could back to that time...for a few minutes. 🙂
There were several like that, with skeletons on display. I used to have an old postcard from one of them. Native American groups have shut all of them down, whether they were related to the tribe or not. I visited Saint Augustine in February, and they covered up those bodies as well, though you can see pictures of them. The site itself is covered with a building, and the bodies are covered with a layer of sand.
It's wild how us Midwesterners have a lost ancient civilization in our backyard. Many have no idea these mounds exist. We never took any field trips back in school during the 90s despite having a few mounds nearby. Who knows what else is buried out there? Thank you for these videos! There is much underappreciated history here.
Couldn’t have been more blessed by that trip! It was later in the day, and it was just me and the person at the desk. I had the grounds and that large building all to myself.
Love your channel, Roger!! There is so much interesting info and places that you have introduced me to! Thank you! My list of places to visit is growing.
I’m humbled to say that I’ve started many adventures! Not too long ago, a couple said they flew to Indiana, because of my videos, and had a wonderful time exploring my locations. Who would’ve thought that a little Indiana TH-cam channel could do that?
When we were kids, there were all kinds of adventure shows on TV. It made me want to go out and explore / see unusual things. We don’t have a lot of that anymore, but I hope it makes a comeback. 🙂
As a youngster, Ben Thompson of Owensville, IN, had a huge collection of artifacts collected in his lifetime. My uncle’s property adjacent to the Thompson house, had arrowheads and effigies made of flint around every tree. My family moved to Arizona in 1956 and my collecting continued with a different culture of the Hohokam that lived and flourished in the Phoenix area. Many of the important museum collections have nearly disappeared. I recently discovered a fantastic collection of Mimbres artifacts in in a small museum located in Deming NM. Your conclusions are so correct……where’s the stuff?
Wonderful video. Even our little village has some historical sites. Hilltops where people took went to in times of unrest. Also burial places. Looking forward to the next video!
I grew up in upstate NY and remember learning about the native NY tribes in school. We went on field trips to visit sites. I moved to Indiana when my kids were young and I was stunned at how little state history was taught in the schools. They never learned any Native American history either.
Sadly, history is no longer on the agenda. Young people routinely tell me they are grateful for what I’ve presented, as their schools don’t teach history anymore.
GG fellow alum here,really love your channel was very excited to see the notification. I concur with another viewer in that I believe this is your finest work sir really appreciate it.
My pleasure, Brian! I hope to inspire people, to carry the torch forward. I was very blessed to hear stories from elderly people, that are no longer here, and make many of these videos in their honor. It’s a history worth preserving!
Roger the man who donated the arrow heads at the Dubois county museum was one of the foremost experts of Native American history in our area. He worked with the archaeologists and was an advisor to them when needed. He is a very interesting person to talk to. Unfortunately he is getting really bad from Parkinson’s now. I really enjoyed your program.
It’s been a while since I’ve been to the museum, so enjoyed my visit. I had a personal tour guide, “Arnie”, whom was about 80 at the time, and using a walker. Did he ever know that museum, and local history! Such a great guy.
I honestly believe that many of these museums, are worried about a claim from the Indian Nations. As the repatriation act is written, no one has to prove lineage, they only have to be members of a recognized Indian Nation. After the Mount Vernon mound was looted, a Nation out west, that had no previous ties to Indiana, were trying to claim the artifacts, ignoring the Nations that actually live here, or have ties within the last 200 years. It got pretty ugly.
Great video Roger. So much history throughout the Midwest for sure. So informative and interesting. Thanks for all the investigating. From Harrison County Indiana
I have been told that, the native Americans have said they did not build the mounds, they were here when they got here. Especially the Serpent mound in Newark, OH.
It was an incredible trip, one that I really enjoyed. Lots of bucket list items crossed off. The surprising thing was that most of these sites were completely free to visit. I only paid small fees (average $7 each) at Wickliffe, Angel Mounds, Mounds State Park, and the Serpent Mound.
Wonder how much of this stuff ended up in the hands of the Smithsonian ? We know how that usually goes ! 🤷 Thanks for another great video Roger ! This may be my new favorite . ❤
Roger your ending had me saying, “ Nooo, where’s the rest of the video!” Great cliffhanger!!! The time and effort to dedicate to this search for answers is nothing short of incredible! You give your viewer so much to question and ponder. Thank you for taking us all on your journey. Well done as always my friend!
I know a man in Southern Illinois who has an amazing collection that he's found over the years.lHis house is like a museum. It's sad to say, but that's probably where lots of artifacts are
Roger you have outdone yourself with this one! I could say so much, it seems to me there is an obvious intention to keep a narrative going about the history of America. I live in Cincinnati and have never heard of the Cincinnati stone! Amazing! I lived in New Mexico for a few years and found artifacts everywhere I hiked. When I moved back to Cincinnati, I found points, scrappers and a grinding stone in my landlord's backyard. Clearly there is much to learn, and much being hidden, IMHO. Thanks for the fantastic interesting videos!
I had a friend that lived out west, and hiked in the desert. He had a large, clear glass jar of pottery shards, most well over 1,000 years old. “They were everywhere I went. But so were rattlesnakes.” 🙂 RIP
My pleasure, Bobby! It was one of the most fun projects I’ve done, and I crossed off several bucket list items along the way. I know it sounds corny, but standing on top of the monks mound at Cahokia, it was like, “I actually made it here.”
This is one of those videos I hated as a kid in school and slept through now I can’t get enough!!! Great video. A lot of these places I’ve been taking my kids to see. Jotted a few new spot. All the missing artifacts were in Lawrenceburg 2 weeks ago at that artifact show! 😂😂
This year has been a true learning experience. I was able to see a lot of amazing things. At the same time, appalled at all the exhibits they’ve taken down.
Thank you very much for putting this video together. I really appreciate you bringing to light the mass cultures and civilizations that have been forgotten in our state and throughout the Ohio Valley. I too have been curious as to why our written state history does not include more information regarding these peoples who were here and thrived for hundreds, if not thousands, of years. Keep up the great work!
On satellite, it looks like there’s an opening on the west end, camouflaged by two extended edges. It’s times like this that I wish I knew the right people, or could fly drone a lot better. 🙂
Thanks, Roger. We need to have our local mounds "new Palestinian mound" etc in Lawrence county to be preserved and funding for it. I and friends at work want to help. We work at G.M, and we want our local history preserved and advertise in Lawrence County.
I really enjoyed your video. Fascinating stuff and I was impressed at at how thorough you were visiting the sites and museums. It really makes you wonder if they’re trying to hide something because it doesn’t take an archaeologist to tell the mound builders were different people than later Indian tribes. The evidence is profound. You did a great job. Thanks!
Excellent video ! As a farmers son in Ky my Dad & I were clearing a piece of ground to grow tobacco on...rocks was the menu of the day and plenty of them...what I didn't realize as an uninterested kid was many of the so called rocks were stone tools We used those rocks to build a bridge across a Gulley It makes me want to cry now after many decades knowing stone axes and other tools were discarded into that gulley crossing
One of the Adena stone tablets was part of someone’s chimney for a long time. Over here in Indiana, many of the mounds were covered in flagstone. Pioneers simply took them to build fireplaces, chimneys, and foundations for houses. As the Shawnee had tortured, mutilated and murdered white settlers, there just wasn’t a high value on anything, that might be associated with the “past of the savages”. Today we see it as a loss to history, but I can understand no love for a culture that killed your family.
There are burial mounds of similar design, all over the planet, leading to the theory of a common origin. It could upset many preconceived notions about world cultures and timelines.
This is my first video on this channel, it's awesome! The stone tools with the holes in them look to me like something you would wrap cord or Rope around?
The one that looks like an H, struck me as something to wind a long cord of something, perhaps used for measuring. I’m not disputing that they might be worn around the neck, but I don’t think all of these were jewelry. Sort of like a movie director wears a viewfinder around their neck, but it’s not jewelry.
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Thank you, Rodger!!! Keeping our local history alive!!
Wow, a lot of research & time went into this one Roger. Thanks for posting
A good chunk of the year. 🙂 Editing took over a month and a half, likely the most intense project I’ve ever done. But by far, the most fun to do. I loved going to all these cool places, lots of cool things crossed off the bucket list. Climbing the monks mound at Cahokia: definitely a highlight!
@@AdventureswithRoger Simply Riveting. Well Done! Definitely makes one entertain the "conspiracy theory" thoughts...
I definitely question the timelines more. Many of these sites in Ohio, are dated by the type of artifacts and building methods. A great number of them, the archaeologists can’t tell you whom built it. They admit that many of the cultures overlapped and they have no idea.
Me, I just look at commonality. Does the pottery look similar? Do the designs in the pottery looks similar? Do depictions of people look similar?
One thing I hope people open their eyes to , is that true history has been hidden from us for whatever reason , my History teacher in the mid 80's told us that what was in our history books was different than what was in the history books he was taught out of and he said he believed they have been changing them for a long tine .
@@AdventureswithRoger It's information like this that makes the old show "Warehouse 13" a little more believable...
Love your videos, the narration is great. Happy to see a new one.
I've been waiting a few days for some downtime so I can fully concentrate on it and watch it straight through! I'm so glad I did!! This video COMMANDS and DESERVES full ATTENTION.
It was certainly a wild ride! Lots of bucket list items crossed off. 🙂
You'll need to make your way to Oklahoma and see the mounds here! @@AdventureswithRoger
Outstanding! This is by far my favorite of your videos. Always looking for your next one. This one stands out.
Thank you, Pamela! Probably the most editing I’ve done for any movie so far! 🙂
I've been waiting for another video. So glad it came today. Thank you Roger 😊
Tamucua's in Florida are just as difficult to find artifact collections. They were at least 7' tall. Miami is a name for places not by coincidence. Excellent research!
One of the best videos of the year!! Thanks so much!
Thank you very kindly! 🙂
I really enjoy this channel... I grew up in Floyd County, Indiana... exploring the woods and knobs (hills) was always sure to find something intriguing 🤔... from waterfalls... to forgotten cemeteries... to old settler cabins that long ago had fallen to ruin...
We live in an awesome area! One of the best parts is the folklore: some is far-fetched and some of it is totally legit!
Wake up bro, Adventures with Roger just dropped a new video!
Amen!
And who would have known that it’s a dandy!!!
And maybe his best
Mr. Roger’s Chanel is better than the history channel. Brother respects us and never leads us with 🥕’s on a string - 🐰. Absolutely grade A content, from a smart well read and well researched gentleman. This channel is the best!
Just found this channel. I am stoked! No stinking AI images or voice overs. Much appreciated!
Takes me forever to do voice overs. I have a very thick southern Indiana accent, and will often re-record things three times. Then, I get people that claim that it’s AI after I do all that work! They get blocked for life. 🙂
Some of your best work sir in my opinion look forward to the next
As a fellow Hoosier who was born and raised in Floyd and Clark counties, your films make me realize why there's no place like home! I love the hills and hollers of southern Indiana and the scenic beauty you capture remind me of growing up barefoot, running thru the woods and creeks. What sweet memories! I am motivated to visit the museums you featured and I'm truly heartbroken that our rich history has been pillaged and lost forever. There are so many mysteries in this area! You, sir, have done an excellent job at documenting what we are left with. Thank you so much!
When I was a kid growing up, just south of Indianapolis, I dreamed of adventures like I do today. Southern Indiana never disappoints! 🙂
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Really liked this. As a young teenager I was shown a Indian mound just north of Roseburg, Indiana. Sits on a bluff above a stream. I never knew or thought about it being so old. Thanks for this video.
My pleasure, Douglas! Some of these in Indiana range from 1000 to over 2000 years old. There are many small ones made by the Delaware Indians, but it’s inconclusive if they copied the mound builders or were actual descendants. There’s at least one example near Shelbyville, where the Delaware buried bodies on top of an existing mound: artifacts are completely different.
Thanks for the videos roger! Im a transplant from seattle but all four of my kids are from southern indiana, we love your videos
Glad to have you and family, along for the ride! 🙂
Knowing the Midwest is covered in mounds I think there’s like 4 in my back yard now.
Truthfully, you could be right. Fort Wayne, Indianapolis, Clarksville and Evansville were all once covered with burial mounds, and you can’t find one today: totally obliterated.
Several years ago, while digging up soil for my raised-bed garden, I found a spearpoint, a local guy who's into "Indian" artifacts said after examining it that it was 5,000 to 6,000 years old. Quite a find! I'm located in south-central Indiana.
A friend of mine found a very old spearpoint along the Ohio river, after a flood. His favorite thing about that find, was showing me a picture of a footprint right next to it, where someone missed it!
There are a few spots in the Hoosier national Forest with verified petroglyphs. I was hoping to go this year, but it may have to wait until spring.
@@AdventureswithRoger I'm located about 3 miles from the Hoosier National Forest, less than a mile from the White River.
All along the Ohio, White and Wabash rivers are prime artifact areas. I poked into some caves along the Wabash, a few years ago, but the most interesting were down at Shoals, along the White River. I’ve heard many cool things about going deeper into the Hoosier National Forest, but don’t have any locations just yet.
Roger, the Natural Field Museum in Chicago has an immense amount of Native American artificats on display. That museum trip opened my eyes to how advanced and diverse the Native Americans are.
They actually have Indiana artifacts from the Borden collection in their catalog! Unike the Smithsonian, they didn’t lose them. I almost went to that museum when I had a girlfriend up there.
@@AdventureswithRoger Many artifacts from Dr Borden are also "lost". Some you have discussed before. The giants from the area of the Falls of the Ohio readily come to mind . . .
@@AdventureswithRoger Roger, If you havent gone to the Field Museum I think in light of your videos you should. I was downright shocked at the extent of Native American artificats they had on display.
@@AdventureswithRoger I lived in Elkhart growing up. We went to the Field Museum a lot!
@@AdventureswithRogerI'm sure the Field isn't 100% honest but they do seem to at least have a conscience unlike the Smithsonian. As a lifelong Chicagoan, the city deservedly gets a bad rep(it's damn corruption from politicians that ruins everything, Washington corruption has nothing on Crooked County)but the museums are fantastic. I urge you to visit & especially hit the Field & Museum of Science and Industry
Everything stops when you drop such a long video guaranteed to be great just like it is
Roger, I moved to Merom 1 year ago and have wanted to try and find Fort Azaltan. Now I really hope to do so next spring. I live 1200 feet from the Bluff wall and absolutely love how rich in history my tiny little town is. Thank you for this and all your "history of our area" videos, I am a fan.
It is just beyond the cemetery on the hilltop, but not marked.
Also, we live 1/2 mile from Mounds State park in Anderson and walked it many times. Your videos have opened up our minds to what is sprinkled through Indiana.
Mounds State Park is a very interesting area. There is a cave system underneath the mounds, that was blasted shut. A little girl once got lost in there, and after she was rescued, it was blasted to prevent potential tragedies. If you look online, people are selling old postcards that show the cave spring at Mounds State Park! I believe there’s actually a kiosk down by the river, showing that exact postcard. What interested me about that, was a rumor of artifacts that were found inside. That may be a tall tale, but it sure makes me wonder. I was talking to a guy outside Shelbyville, that lives near a large mound in the woods. he said the local rumor was that a farmer dug a well, and hit a cave system. That cave went underneath the mound and there were artifacts there as well. The state was called, people came by, things were taken, the cave was closed. Again, I don’t know if it’s folklore or legit! 🙂
ThankU Absolutely Wonderful
Entertaining, Intriguing and comprehensive. This documentary proves to us all that we need to get out of the fake world of our phones, look up and experience the world around us. There are so many fascinating things to explore, both within driving distance and worldwide. Thank you Roger for another wonderfully produced and narrated window into history.
I’d recommend Cahokia, Mounds State Park and The Serpent Mound, to anyone interested in ancient North American civilization. Simply a joy to explore each.
Been here since early on and I love seeing the broadening of content that the channel has taken on. I'm never disappointed, I'm sure this one will be no different.
This was WONDERFUL! Im originally from Peoria, IL, & when i was little, maybe 9-11 yrs old, we went on a day trip to an indian burial ground. It was covered, & remember the burial site itself, was round. I thought it was really cool seeing all the old bones, but certainly didnt appreciate it. Im 76 yrs old now, so it was a looong time ago. Cant remember the name of it. My parents were farmers, & daddy was always finding arrowheads, as he plowed. I look at those things now, & wonder about the people who wandered around our fields, & hunted the plentiful deer that we had, & camped there. Wish i could back to that time...for a few minutes. 🙂
There were several like that, with skeletons on display. I used to have an old postcard from one of them. Native American groups have shut all of them down, whether they were related to the tribe or not. I visited Saint Augustine in February, and they covered up those bodies as well, though you can see pictures of them. The site itself is covered with a building, and the bodies are covered with a layer of sand.
Another exceptional video
@@TheIndyMaestro Thank-you!
Great video and research
Dedication.
Love your videos. Very interesting as always! Your theories also make way more sense.
I love a good mystery, but try to bring as much common sense to it as I can. 🙂
It's wild how us Midwesterners have a lost ancient civilization in our backyard. Many have no idea these mounds exist. We never took any field trips back in school during the 90s despite having a few mounds nearby. Who knows what else is buried out there? Thank you for these videos! There is much underappreciated history here.
It’s been a real revelation to me. Even though I found quite a bit, people have sent me new tons of new locations.
You are quite a detective Roger! What a great museum find in Kentucky
Couldn’t have been more blessed by that trip! It was later in the day, and it was just me and the person at the desk. I had the grounds and that large building all to myself.
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Love your channel, Roger!! There is so much interesting info and places that you have introduced me to! Thank you! My list of places to visit is growing.
I’m humbled to say that I’ve started many adventures! Not too long ago, a couple said they flew to Indiana, because of my videos, and had a wonderful time exploring my locations. Who would’ve thought that a little Indiana TH-cam channel could do that?
What a wonderful journey! It shows your true dedication to find an answer to your questions. Thank you for sharing.
Another great video sir
I've always laughed to myself when Americans call 200 year old furniture ancient. So you are on the right path, please don't stop!
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Thank you for all your work! This stuff is fascinating. I hope this information gets out to more people.
When we were kids, there were all kinds of adventure shows on TV. It made me want to go out and explore / see unusual things. We don’t have a lot of that anymore, but I hope it makes a comeback. 🙂
As a youngster, Ben Thompson of Owensville, IN, had a huge collection of artifacts collected in his lifetime. My uncle’s property adjacent to the Thompson house, had arrowheads and effigies made of flint around every tree. My family moved to Arizona in 1956 and my collecting continued with a different culture of the Hohokam that lived and flourished in the Phoenix area. Many of the important museum collections have nearly disappeared. I recently discovered a fantastic collection of Mimbres artifacts in in a small museum located in Deming NM. Your conclusions are so correct……where’s the stuff?
I once devoted an entire episode on where things could be now:
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Wonderful video. Even our little village has some historical sites. Hilltops where people took went to in times of unrest. Also burial places.
Looking forward to the next video!
Good stuff! Best channel about Indiana on TH-cam!
Finally made it to Friday. No better way to spend it than watching some adventures with Roger.
Very good video. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Thank you!
Awesome, I love these documentaries. Serious amounts of time and knowledge well spent here Roger.
Thank you!
Thank you Mr Roger!
For yet another well told story! Your dedication to your craft is inspiring!
Love from New Albany
I needed this, thank you! 🙂
I agree it is inspiring!
Thank you for sharing! I really enjoyed seeing all the artifacts.
I grew up in upstate NY and remember learning about the native NY tribes in school. We went on field trips to visit sites. I moved to Indiana when my kids were young and I was stunned at how little state history was taught in the schools. They never learned any Native American history either.
Sadly, history is no longer on the agenda. Young people routinely tell me they are grateful for what I’ve presented, as their schools don’t teach history anymore.
GG fellow alum here,really love your channel was very excited to see the notification. I concur with another viewer in that I believe this is your finest work sir really appreciate it.
I absolutely LOVE the research and work you’ve done in putting this valuable information together and sharing it with us. Thank you so much, Roger!
My pleasure, Brian! I hope to inspire people, to carry the torch forward. I was very blessed to hear stories from elderly people, that are no longer here, and make many of these videos in their honor. It’s a history worth preserving!
Roger the man who donated the arrow heads at the Dubois county museum was one of the foremost experts of Native American history in our area. He worked with the archaeologists and was an advisor to them when needed. He is a very interesting person to talk to. Unfortunately he is getting really bad from Parkinson’s now. I really enjoyed your program.
It’s been a while since I’ve been to the museum, so enjoyed my visit. I had a personal tour guide, “Arnie”, whom was about 80 at the time, and using a walker. Did he ever know that museum, and local history! Such a great guy.
Absolutely love your videos! Thank you for all the hard work you put in to these. I love learning about Indiana and surrounding areas.
Another amazing project. ❤ Thank you Roger!!! What a gem you are!
Aw, shucks ☺️
Good job again! Way to follow your passion! Keep up the good work!🎉
Love the video. I was at Hopewell mound city in June of 2013 the museum was full of artifacts. So strange why things have been removed.
I honestly believe that many of these museums, are worried about a claim from the Indian Nations. As the repatriation act is written, no one has to prove lineage, they only have to be members of a recognized Indian Nation. After the Mount Vernon mound was looted, a Nation out west, that had no previous ties to Indiana, were trying to claim the artifacts, ignoring the Nations that actually live here, or have ties within the last 200 years. It got pretty ugly.
Great video Roger. So much history throughout the Midwest for sure. So informative and interesting. Thanks for all the investigating. From Harrison County Indiana
Hi neighbor! The travel for this one was wonderful. The view from the top of Cahokia, is a memory I’ll never forget!
You really hit it out of the park with this one, Roger. Great work as always!
@@ryanmcrae3593 thank you Ryan!
I have been told that, the native Americans have said they did not build the mounds, they were here when they got here. Especially the Serpent mound in Newark, OH.
It was a pleasure to watch this video. I can only imagine the amazing trips you had visiting all these places.
It was an incredible trip, one that I really enjoyed. Lots of bucket list items crossed off. The surprising thing was that most of these sites were completely free to visit. I only paid small fees (average $7 each) at Wickliffe, Angel Mounds, Mounds State Park, and the Serpent Mound.
Keep em coming Roger! Always a joy to watch each new one.
OutStanding !!!
We thoroughly enjoyed this Roger! You took us to see places we probably will never see in person. Loved seeing the prehistoric items!
Very cool finds! Cahokia’s monks mound was a bucket list I’d had for a long time.
Excellent, as always.
You must have so much fun!
This was an awesome trip for sure! Standing on top of Cahokia’s monks mound was a bucket list item, one I wanted to do for many years. 🙂
I want to go myself. But, if I can’t make it, I’ll have your adventures, while I’m at work.
Missed you Roger! Love your content. Intriguing adventures you take us on. 🙂
This one was a killer to edit! Hopefully, the next one will be easier. 🙂
Wonder how much of this stuff ended up in the hands of the Smithsonian ? We know how that usually goes ! 🤷
Thanks for another great video Roger ! This may be my new favorite . ❤
It was certainly the most fun to make! All these locations were awesome!
We're always amazed at the research that must go into your videos!
This one was quite the monster. The trip itself was wonderful. Research and editing took nearly 2 months.
This is what the HISTORY channel USED to be about. Thank you for picking up the slack 😊
Roger your ending had me saying, “ Nooo, where’s the rest of the video!” Great cliffhanger!!!
The time and effort to dedicate to this search for answers is nothing short of incredible! You give your viewer so much to question and ponder. Thank you for taking us all on your journey. Well done as always my friend!
My pleasure, Travis! Thank you for traveling along with me 🙂
Uploaded just in time for my sick day! I hope this cold goes away soon
You get better! 🙂
Roge, healed you with brotherly love. ✅
Get well soon!
Excellent program!
I know a man in Southern Illinois who has an amazing collection that he's found over the years.lHis house is like a museum. It's sad to say, but that's probably where lots of artifacts are
Roger you have outdone yourself with this one! I could say so much, it seems to me there is an obvious intention to keep a narrative going about the history of America. I live in Cincinnati and have never heard of the Cincinnati stone! Amazing! I lived in New Mexico for a few years and found artifacts everywhere I hiked. When I moved back to Cincinnati, I found points, scrappers and a grinding stone in my landlord's backyard. Clearly there is much to learn, and much being hidden, IMHO. Thanks for the fantastic interesting videos!
I had a friend that lived out west, and hiked in the desert. He had a large, clear glass jar of pottery shards, most well over 1,000 years old. “They were everywhere I went. But so were rattlesnakes.” 🙂 RIP
A masterful production. Thank you for all the effort you must have put into it.
Thank you, David!
Amazing Roger, I can’t imagine how much time and how many miles you put into this, very well done, thank you for taking us along for the ride
My pleasure, Bobby! It was one of the most fun projects I’ve done, and I crossed off several bucket list items along the way. I know it sounds corny, but standing on top of the monks mound at Cahokia, it was like, “I actually made it here.”
@ doesn’t sound corny at all Roger, much respect for your journey
This is one of those videos I hated as a kid in school and slept through now I can’t get enough!!! Great video. A lot of these places I’ve been taking my kids to see. Jotted a few new spot. All the missing artifacts were in Lawrenceburg 2 weeks ago at that artifact show! 😂😂
Lucky the FBI wasn’t in town!
❤this very interesting and informative really makes you wonder..
Love your determination Roger have learned a lot ❤
This year has been a true learning experience. I was able to see a lot of amazing things. At the same time, appalled at all the exhibits they’ve taken down.
Beautiful. Thank you ❤
Jennings county resident of 40yrs. Love ur videos!
Thank you, Jessica!
Another fine production, Roger!
Thank you very much for putting this video together. I really appreciate you bringing to light the mass cultures and civilizations that have been forgotten in our state and throughout the Ohio Valley. I too have been curious as to why our written state history does not include more information regarding these peoples who were here and thrived for hundreds, if not thousands, of years. Keep up the great work!
superb!! thanks for this Roger!!
Thank you, Greg!
This was great! Thanks for sharing.
I’ve driven past the last mound you mentioned in Mt Vernon many times and have always questioned it. It been there ever since I can remember.
On satellite, it looks like there’s an opening on the west end, camouflaged by two extended edges. It’s times like this that I wish I knew the right people, or could fly drone a lot better. 🙂
Love the content
Living in southern IN we love your videos
We have been to several of the places who have done videos on
Your videos are great
Thank you, Brian!
I so Love & Appreciate your work Roger, thank you sir. 💖🤗🎊✨
Wouldn't be surprised if a lot of artifacts are in a vault somewhere in the Smithsonian, just like the Giant bones.
Thank you for making this.
Thanks, Roger. We need to have our local mounds "new Palestinian mound" etc in Lawrence county to be preserved and funding for it. I and friends at work want to help. We work at G.M, and we want our local history preserved and advertise in Lawrence County.
Lawrence County has a lot of cool history!
I really enjoyed your video. Fascinating stuff and I was impressed at at how thorough you were visiting the sites and museums. It really makes you wonder if they’re trying to hide something because it doesn’t take an archaeologist to tell the mound builders were different people than later Indian tribes. The evidence is profound. You did a great job. Thanks!
Thank you for your kind words! This is a subject that’s fascinated me for eons, was glad I could discover all the places that I did!
Thanx Roger
Great presentation! Keep up the good work!
Thanks Robert!
Hey Roger! Great video…I enjoyed it very much Thankyou ❤
Thanks, very nice video of a lost time. Used to find Adena points all the time in Missouri.
If I had the money, I’d spend a large amount of time in Missouri. Incredibly beautiful, and lots of secrets.
Excellent video !
As a farmers son in Ky my Dad & I were clearing a piece of ground to grow tobacco on...rocks was the menu of the day and plenty of them...what I didn't realize as an uninterested kid was many of the so called rocks were stone tools
We used those rocks to build a bridge across a Gulley
It makes me want to cry now after many decades knowing stone axes and other tools were discarded into that gulley crossing
One of the Adena stone tablets was part of someone’s chimney for a long time. Over here in Indiana, many of the mounds were covered in flagstone. Pioneers simply took them to build fireplaces, chimneys, and foundations for houses.
As the Shawnee had tortured, mutilated and murdered white settlers, there just wasn’t a high value on anything, that might be associated with the “past of the savages”. Today we see it as a loss to history, but I can understand no love for a culture that killed your family.
@AdventureswithRoger it's amazing how we destroy what we don't comprehend...
Great video! 😊
Awesome love it ❤❤❤❤
Cool glad I turnes notifications on.
We have mounds in Sweden too. Many of them have not been excavated. One gets the feeling that it is because our history might be effected!
There are burial mounds of similar design, all over the planet, leading to the theory of a common origin. It could upset many preconceived notions about world cultures and timelines.
I finally got the time to watch this one! Talk about delayed gratification! What an awesome adventure. Happy Thanksgiving, Roger .
Happy Thanksgiving! It was one of the finest times I’ve had in years
Happy thanksgiving! Nice video
Happy Thanksgiving, Joey!
Woohoo let’s go!
This is my first video on this channel, it's awesome! The stone tools with the holes in them look to me like something you would wrap cord or Rope around?
The one that looks like an H, struck me as something to wind a long cord of something, perhaps used for measuring. I’m not disputing that they might be worn around the neck, but I don’t think all of these were jewelry. Sort of like a movie director wears a viewfinder around their neck, but it’s not jewelry.