The OES visited the Sacra Via in Marietta, Ohio on June 16, 2001. As with the Quadranaou Mound, also featured in the Indian Mounds section of this website, the Sacra Via was built around 900 AD by the Hopewell Indians. The Sacra Via was once a sacred walled way from the Quadranaou Mound to the Ohio River. In 1843 the walls were removed by a local brick maker in order to produce bricks for the foundations of houses that now surround the Sacra Via. The area was used as a camp during the Civil War. Known as Camp Tupper, it was named for Brig. Gen. Benjamin Tupper, who was an organizer of the Ohio Company and one of the first settlers in 1788. On our visit, the Sacra Via had the appeal of a small park in the middle of a neighborhood. There were some artistic carvings lining the park, they are included in the photos below.