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A Prehistoric Fortification Near Madison, Indiana. 



By Glenn Culbertson. 



On the farm of Mrs. James Snyder in Trimble county, Ky., and at the 

 head of Broadway Hollow, so-called because it is directly across the Ohio 

 river from Broadway in Madison, Ind., is located a prehistoric fortifica- 

 tion. To a few people in the immediate vicintiy this fortification is 



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known as the Indian fort, but to my knowledge it has never been de- 

 scribed, although it is one of the most interesting remains of prehistoric 

 people in all that region. 



The hills in the vicinitj^ of Madison are approximately four hundred 

 feet above low water level of the Ohio river. They are capped by the 



