Indian Head Rock in 2007, stored in municipal garage, Portsmouth, Ohio
Material
Sandstone
Size
8.0 feet (2.4 m) long by 4.8 feet (1.5 m) wide by 5.0 feet (1.5 m) high
Writing
Names and initials carved in 1800s and early 1900s
Discovered
2007 Ohio River (Kentucky side) opposite Portsmouth, Ohio, River mile 355.3 38°43′31″N82°59′35″W / 38.72528°N 82.99306°W / 38.72528; -82.99306
Discovered by
Steve Shaffer
Present location
Rotary Park, South Shore, Kentucky 38°43′14″N82°57′26″W / 38.72056°N 82.95722°W / 38.72056; -82.95722
Identification
15 GP 173
Indian Head Rock Project (Morehead State University) http://scholarworks.moreheadstate.edu/indian_head_rock/
The Indian Head Rock is an eight-ton sandstone boulder, which had rested at the bottom of the Ohio River,[1] until September 2007 when it was retrieved by a group of local divers, led by amateur historian Steve Shaffer[2] of Ironton, Ohio. The recovery of the perennially submerged rock, which was the subject of local lore since the 1800s, was celebrated by Ohio and Kentucky residents in the months that followed. City of Portsmouth, Ohio officials had planned to display the Indian Head Rock in a manner appropriate for the preservation of the historic boulder. However an ensuing interstate dispute led to charges being brought against Shaffer and his fellow divers and a suit demanding the rock be returned to Kentucky. Legal issues were resolved in 2010 and the rock was returned. From 2010 to 2020, the rock was stored in a county highway maintenance garage. In September 2020 it was placed in a small roofed structure enclosed with chain link fencing,[3] despite ongoing concerns that it should be protected in a climate-controlled structure.[4]
The controversy surrounding the salvaging of the Indian Head Rock in 2007 is the subject of a 2017 documentary, "Between the Rock and the Commonwealth."[5] The documentary has been broadcast on public television stations in Ohio and Kentucky since June 2017.[6][7][8]
^Barry, Dan (February 11, 2008). "Between States, Hard Feelings Over a Rock's Place". The New York Times.
^"Group works to raise historic Indian's Head Rock from river". Herald-dispatch.com.
^"Indian Head Rock Finds Permanent Home in South Shore". Portsmouth Daily Times. September 21, 2020.
^James, Mike (March 30, 2015). "The Rock abides". The Daily Independent.
^"Vimeo". Vimeo.com. Retrieved June 7, 2022.
^Middleton, Steven. "The Trail Blazer". Thetrailblazeronline.net.
^"Indian Head Rock star of new documentary". Dailyindependent.com.
^"Indian Head Rock, which caused Kentucky-Ohio rift, is featured in film | Lexington Herald Leader". Archived from the original on April 25, 2017.
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