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S25.02.032Description
An outcrop of Berea Sandstone near the intersection of George Hollow Road and United States Highway 23 south of Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio. This outcrop is where William Hewitt, who was known as the "Scioto Hermit," lived from circa 1820 until his death in 1834. The outcrop was locally known as "Hermit's Cave." According to an article written in the Pike County News Watchman in April 2013, the monument was errected at this site in 1842 by the president of the Portsmouth to Columbus turnpike. This photograph shows where the Hewitt Monument stood until the roadway was widened around 1952. Bedrock is from the Devonian Geologic Period.
This slide image included in the USGS National Digital Catalog for NGGDPP Grant G15AP00115 in FY2015.Context
Sandstone outcrop, which was William Hewitt's former cave. Near Chillicothe in Perry County, Ohio.