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Now that Moundbuilders Country Club isn’t leasing the site, Ohio History Connection isn’t maintaining Octagon Earthworks as a ...
This episode explores the history, cultural significance and global importance as a UNESECO World Heritage site, featuring insights from Ohio State Professors. John Low is a Ohio State professor and ...
After a decade-long legal struggle, the Octagon Earthworks in Newark, Ohio, is now fully accessible to the public, allowing visitors to explore the mounds of earth constructed by Native Americans ...
The clubhouse of the private Moundbuilders Country Club, the site of the Octagon Earthworks, is seen in Newark, Ohio, on May 24, 2024. April 18 is World Heritage Day, but Ohio History Connection ...
Ohio’s historical society is one step away from gaining control of ancient ceremonial and burial earthworks maintained by a country club where members golf alongside the mounds.
NEWARK, Ohio (WCMH) – Nearly a year and a half after the Ohio Supreme Court ruled that the state could evict a golf club from the site of 2,000-year-old American Indian earthworks, the parties ...
It's a new day in Newark, represented by a new logo and image for the city of 50,000 named by Ohio Magazine as one of the state's best hometowns.
Ohio History Connection wants Newark community to be big part of Octagon Earthworks' future through public conversations and forums, says Megan Wood.
Thursday marks on year since eight Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks were named UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Last year, the Great Circle and Octagon earthworks in Newark, five earthworks at the Hopewell ...
Ohio History Connection archeologist Brad Lepper describes the Newark Octagon Earthworks. The 2,000-year-old creation is home to a golf country club.
In Newark, Ohio, a swath of land spanning 2,880 acres contains the Octagon Earthworks, “interconnected geometric earth structures” built by Native Americans more than 1,600 years ago. The site ...
Thursday marks on year since eight Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks were named UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Last year, the Great Circle and Octagon earthworks in Newark, five earthworks at the ...