Named for the Mingo Indians who had a village here. This tribe was a branch of the Iroquois. The Seneca Indian Trail passes this point. On Valley Mountain in 1861, Gen. Robert E. Lee camped while campaigning in this valley.

Marker is on Seneca Trail (U.S. 219) 0.2 miles south of Mingo Flats Road (County Route 51), on the left when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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