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A Prehistoric Fortificatiox Xear 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 vicinity of Madison are approximately four hundred 

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



