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Unfortunately, many pre-Colombian structures in America's Stonehenge were carried away, vandalized or merely destroyed. Two landowners’ actions contributed to the mystique that surrounds Mystery Hill. Theories about the builders have been set forth.

Mystery Hill - A Bit of History

Jonathan Pattee was the earliest recorded landowner. It’s known that he altered the monoliths and structures. The man? Various stories about him exist. He was a robber, an abolitionist who ran a station for the underground railway where runaway slaves could spend the night, a bootlegger, a farmer, a millionaire, a person who built the structures, helped by his five sons, for no apparent reason, an eccentric or insane. To further add to the mystery is the work of William B. Goodwin who bought the land in 1936. He believed the Culdees, Irish monks, built the structure in pre-Columbian times. He moved stones around to support his thoughts, obliterating many archaeological records.