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Miamisburg, Ohio: Indian with Dripping Hand

A low-flow fountain of a bronze Indian kneeling at the (imagined) Miami River. Water drips from his fingers when it isn't winter.

Address:
10 N. 1st St., Miamisburg, OH
Directions:
Downtown, in front of city hall, on the east side of N. 1st St. just north of its intersection with OH-725/E. Central Ave.
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Indian with Dripping Hand

If you're unfamiliar with Miamisburg, be sure and watch for the many one-way streets. Our GPS nearly steered us into disaster a couple of times getting downtown.

[Kitsa, 03/08/2021]

Miami River water Indian.

Watering Indian

Statue of a kneeling Indian with water running from his fingers, in front of Miamisburg city hall.

[Stephen Francia, 04/30/2020]

Marie Barbera created the dripping Indian fountain in 2002. It captures the moment when a pre-Columbian Indian knelt at the Miami River and decided that this would be a good place to live. Indians eventually built the second largest conical mound in eastern North America here.


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