This area was frequented by prehistoric people as early as 5000 B.C. The site is best known as the regional center of aboriginal population in Hopewell times, A.D. 1-500, and it was occupied throughout the Woodland Culture into Middle Mississippian times, 1200 A.D. It was discovered in 1921 by J. Mett Shippee on the property of Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Renner.