/tags/ohio-history-connection Ohio History Connection en-US Copyright Thu, 01 Aug 2024 19:06:16 GMT /2024-08-01/ohio-historical-society-settles-with-golf-club-to-take-back-world-heritage-tribal-site Ohio History Connection will pay Moundbuilders Country Club in Newark to buy out its lease and end the long-running legal dispute over the Octagon Earthworks, although the sum is confidential under a settlement agreement. Thu, 01 Aug 2024 19:06:16 GMT /2024-08-01/ohio-historical-society-settles-with-golf-club-to-take-back-world-heritage-tribal-site Julie Carr Smyth - Associated Press /2024-08-01/country-club-earthwork-site-settlement-deal Ohio History Connection says it has reached a deal with Moundbuilders Country Club on a sale price for land that includes the Octagon Earthworks, an ancient Native American earthwork. Thu, 01 Aug 2024 17:43:46 GMT /2024-08-01/country-club-earthwork-site-settlement-deal Tana Weingartner /arts-culture/2024-06-11/a-better-way-of-preserving-history-ohio-history-connection-opens-new-collection-facility Ohio History Connection is ready to start moving part of its expansive collection into a new, state of the art facility. Tue, 11 Jun 2024 14:55:43 GMT /arts-culture/2024-06-11/a-better-way-of-preserving-history-ohio-history-connection-opens-new-collection-facility Allie Vugrincic /2024-05-30/trial-postponed-in-the-financial-dispute-over-a-newark-country-club-near-ancient-earthworks A trial to determine how much Ohio's historical society must pay to restore public access to a set of ancient ceremonial earthworks that has been leased for over a century to a country club has been rescheduled for July 15. Thu, 30 May 2024 17:25:39 GMT /2024-05-30/trial-postponed-in-the-financial-dispute-over-a-newark-country-club-near-ancient-earthworks The Associated Press /news/2024-05-28/newark-earthworks-where-golfers-play-is-changing-hands-but-the-price-is-up-to-a-jury 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. Tue, 28 May 2024 10:46:18 GMT /news/2024-05-28/newark-earthworks-where-golfers-play-is-changing-hands-but-the-price-is-up-to-a-jury The Associated Press /arts-culture/2024-05-21/ohio-village-to-close-for-renovations-as-part-of-update-to-ohio-history-center The Living History Village at the Ohio History Center on 17th Avenue will close after the Ohio State Fair ends on Aug. 4. Renovations are expected to take about a year and a half. Tue, 21 May 2024 10:32:14 GMT /arts-culture/2024-05-21/ohio-village-to-close-for-renovations-as-part-of-update-to-ohio-history-center Allie Vugrincic /politics-government/2024-05-14/bipartisan-historic-preservation-caucus-forms-to-better-protect-ohios-landmarks The caucus' goal is to support preservation of historic buildings and raise awareness about the benefits of saving Ohio's landmarks. Tue, 14 May 2024 18:51:34 GMT /politics-government/2024-05-14/bipartisan-historic-preservation-caucus-forms-to-better-protect-ohios-landmarks Allie Vugrincic /2024-04-18/reimagined-rest-stop-on-i-70-in-licking-county-highlights-world-heritage-site The rest stop is decorated with the colors and themes of the Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks, which became Ohio's first World Heritage Site in September. Thu, 18 Apr 2024 19:27:40 GMT /2024-04-18/reimagined-rest-stop-on-i-70-in-licking-county-highlights-world-heritage-site Allie Vugrincic /2024-04-16/ohio-supreme-court-earthworks-moundbuilders-ohio-history-connection In another set-back for the owners of a Licking County golf course, the Ohio Supreme Court has decided not to take up a case involving Ohio History Connection and the Moundbuilders Country Club. Tue, 16 Apr 2024 18:06:03 GMT /2024-04-16/ohio-supreme-court-earthworks-moundbuilders-ohio-history-connection Tana Weingartner /show/all-sides/2023-12-28/hopewell-ceremonial-earthworks-designated-as-unesco-world-heritage-site It's a designation on par with the Pyramids in Egypt, the Great Wall of China and other landmarks. Thu, 28 Dec 2023 12:02:00 GMT /show/all-sides/2023-12-28/hopewell-ceremonial-earthworks-designated-as-unesco-world-heritage-site