JollylGiant213
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Ok this is my first post on this website, so here is my story of how I went about finding this awesome axehead of somesort. I live in Northeast Indiana and theres this old Indian house near my fathers that I've always known about. It was owned by an Indian named Chief Richardville, here is some info from wiki about him
"After signing the Treaty of Mississinwas, Richardville lived in the Richardville House, in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The federal government donated $600 to the building, which was a stipulation of the treaty. Richardville used his own funds towards the house, and in 1827 it became the first Greek Revival house in Indiana.
Richardville is considered to have been the richest man in the state of Indiana at the time of his death in 1841. He was succeeded by his eldest daughter's husband, Francis La Fontaine. The Richardville house remained in the family until 1894. The land around it was mined for gravel in the 20th century. In 1991, the house was acquired by the Allen County-Fort Wayne Historical Society, which has restored the remaining property."
So this house is undoubtedly very old and lucky for me my moms work owns it now and I live no more than three minutes from there so i asked her if I could go out there and poke around in the woods around the house and I got the ok to do so. So I headed out there today to look around because we just recently had some heavy rain. So I go out there and I found something sticking partly out of the ground, when I dug it up I was so happy with what I saw, I brought it home cleaned it up and took pictures for you guys, so here it is!!! (and It sounds like this place was a trading outpost as well and the whole is area is covered in woods so who know whats buried out there I'm definitely going back out there to look. And also I'm planning on giving this to my moms work because there a museum and it belongs there with all the other things from around here.)
"After signing the Treaty of Mississinwas, Richardville lived in the Richardville House, in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The federal government donated $600 to the building, which was a stipulation of the treaty. Richardville used his own funds towards the house, and in 1827 it became the first Greek Revival house in Indiana.
Richardville is considered to have been the richest man in the state of Indiana at the time of his death in 1841. He was succeeded by his eldest daughter's husband, Francis La Fontaine. The Richardville house remained in the family until 1894. The land around it was mined for gravel in the 20th century. In 1991, the house was acquired by the Allen County-Fort Wayne Historical Society, which has restored the remaining property."
So this house is undoubtedly very old and lucky for me my moms work owns it now and I live no more than three minutes from there so i asked her if I could go out there and poke around in the woods around the house and I got the ok to do so. So I headed out there today to look around because we just recently had some heavy rain. So I go out there and I found something sticking partly out of the ground, when I dug it up I was so happy with what I saw, I brought it home cleaned it up and took pictures for you guys, so here it is!!! (and It sounds like this place was a trading outpost as well and the whole is area is covered in woods so who know whats buried out there I'm definitely going back out there to look. And also I'm planning on giving this to my moms work because there a museum and it belongs there with all the other things from around here.)
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I'd hold onto that and protect it well
Just be careful of ticks in the woods! I'll be anxiously waiting to read about your future finds! Good luck and happy hunting!
