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- Sheriden Cave
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- Indian Trail Caverns, first opened in 1927, is one of many caves that occur on the dolomite ridge traversed by State Route 568 in Wyandot and Hancock counties. Sheriden Cave, a karst sinkhole associated with the caverns, was discovered in 1989. It has collected a remarkable record of Ice Age animal and human activity in its sediments. Excavations have revealed remains of many extinct Late Pleistocene Epoch animals-giant beaver, stag moose, flat-headed and long-nosed peccary, and short-faced bear, among many others-that were sealed in the cave by glacial deposits more than ten thousand years ago. Paleo-Indian tools, including projectile points and scrapers, are evidence of the earliest-known human activity in this region.
- Sponsors
- Ohio Bicentennial Commission, The Longaberger Company, Indian Trail Caverns, Inc., and The Ohio Historical Society
- Address
- 722 State Route 568
Carey, OH 43316 - Location
- 722 State Route 568
- Coordinates
- Latitude: 40.588430, Longitude: -83.266860.
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