Draft:Brush Creek Tablets

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Declined by Dan arndt 38 days ago. Last edited by Dan arndt 38 days ago. Reviewer: Inform author.

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Comment: Fails WP:GNG, requires significant coverage in multiple independent reliable secondary sources. Dan arndt (talk) 03:54, 14 October 2024 (UTC)

The Brush Creek Tablets, or Brush Creek Stones, is a sandstone tablet about 14 inches by 12 inches, purportedly discovered at Brush Creek Mound by John F. Everhart and the Brush Creek Historical Association.

It was discovered between 1879 and 1880 and Everhart claimed it contained "hieroglyphics" - "chiefly Greek, commingled with Phoenician and Etruscan." He claimed to also have discovered an 8 foot skeleton beside it.

J. P. Egan brought a lawsuit against Everhart, for the failure of Egan to pay him for excavating the mounth. Another member of the excavation team, Marshall Cooper, testified the he was offered $15 to carve the inscription and to give it “the appearance of ancient work.” https://ohiomemory.org/digital/collection/p267401coll32/id/27386/

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