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Bluebag Media
New Tecumseh Room
additions coming soon
GREENVILLE – “Tecumseh walked the grounds of Shawnee Prairie. He was
right here,” Darke County Parks Director Roger Van Frank said. The
Tecumseh Room at Shawnee Prairie Nature Preserve with its Native
American teepee, deer hide and more could even be located in the same
spot used by Tecumseh or his brother the Prophet Tenskwatawa over 200
years earlier.
Shawnee Prairie holds an array of exhibits that showcase Darke County’s
history and heritage. The Tecumseh Room in particular displays numerous
representations of the county’s past. Van Frank, who was involved in
putting the initial idea for the room into play in 2011, spoke about
the importance of the room and his plans to keep it interesting as well
as bound in history. He noted the Parks District is in the process of
incorporating new items that are important and accurate representations
of Native American life in the county.
One of those items will be an exact replica of the original Peace Pipe
that was once on display in the room. Combined contributions from...
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