The Buffalo Indian Village and Cemetery, between the road and the Kanawha River, was one of the largest Indian towns in West Virginia. It was occupied about 1650 by Shawnee Indians who later moved westward. Excavations in 1963-64 showed a central plaza surrounded by large ceremonial buildings and a semi-circle of ordinary houses, all enclosed by a stockade. Hundreds of burials were found at this Fort Ancient village site.