Valentine Baxter Horton

Historical marker location:

352 E. Main Street, Pomeroy, Ohio

( Marker is on Main Street, on the left when traveling east.)

Born 1802 - Died 1888. Lawyer - Statesman - Industrialist.

The Great Serpent Mound, located in Adams County, Ohio, is a prehistoric effigy mound in the shape of a serpent that is more than 1,300 feet long. It is one of the largest effigy mounds in the world and is estimated to have been built by the Adena culture more than 1,000 years ago.