Editing Kelleys Island, Ohio (section)

===Native Americans and Inscription Rock===
Kelleys Island is a [[Devonian]] limestone and dolomite ridge carved during the [[Pleistocene]] era.<ref name="Munro-StasiukOthers2005a"/> The first known occupants of Kelleys Island were [[Algonquian peoples|Algonquian]] and [[Iroquoian peoples|Iroquoian]], possibly including [[Erie Indians|Erie]], who travelled through the area to fish and at times lived in the area until 1656.<ref name="ir">Kelleys Island Historical Society page for [http://www.kelleysislandhistorical.org/island_places/inscription_rock.htm Inscription Rock] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080724034851/http://www.kelleysislandhistorical.org/island_places/inscription_rock.htm |date=July 24, 2008 }}.</ref>

On the south shore of the island (near what is now the downtown-village area), there is a large limestone rock featuring [[petroglyph]]s carved over a number of years by these and earlier indigenous inhabitants;<ref name="kichamber">Kelleys Island Chamber of Commerce page: "[https://www.kelleysislandchamber.com/island-history/] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230830112020/https://www.kelleysislandchamber.com/island-history/|date=August 30, 2023}}".</ref><ref name="ir" /> it was later named '[[Inscription Rock (Kelleys Island, Ohio)|Inscription Rock]]' by scholars in the mid-19th century. The Kelleys Island Historical Association relies on the [[Henry Rowe Schoolcraft]] investigations, which dated the carvings to roughly 1643. He theorized that the rock was used by members of "seasonal" Native American tribes, to impart information to one another about how the hunting had been in the area, and where their group would next be traveling.<ref name="ir" />

Many different items and scenes are cut into the large flat top side of the rock, which measures {{convert|32|ft|m}} by 21 feet (10 by 6 m). Over time, most of the inscriptions on this rock have been eroded away. The indigenous peoples who are thought to have inscribed these images are said to have been annihilated about 1665 by [[Iroquois]] nations from the New York area, who were trying to conquer territory to control the fur trade.<ref name="kichamber" />