Portrait of Senator William D. Tremper

Tremper Mound takes its name from Dr. William D. Tremper, who owned the mound site at the time of William C. Mill's excavation in 1915. A native of New Richmond, Ohio, Dr. Tremper settled in Portsmouth in 1878, where he established a successful dentistry practice. He was active in Republican Party politics and was elected to the Ohio Senate in 1914 and re-elected in 1916. He was one of the organizers of the Royal Savings & Loan Company in Portsmouth and was a champion of conservation, introducing the first bill to propose the creation of a state-owned forest and game preserve in Scioto County.