/tags/ohio-history-connection Ohio History Connection en-US Copyright Thu, 10 Apr 2025 19:28:31 GMT /arts-culture/2025-04-10/newarks-octagon-earthworks-finally-on-display-during-ohio-world-heritage-week The Octagon Earthworks were, until recently, the site of Moundbuilders Country Club. The site became fully accessible to the public Jan. 1. Thu, 10 Apr 2025 19:28:31 GMT /arts-culture/2025-04-10/newarks-octagon-earthworks-finally-on-display-during-ohio-world-heritage-week Allie Vugrincic /politics-government/2025-04-08/multiple-columbus-speaking-events-canceled-for-doctor-who-treated-palestinian-bomb-victims Oxford University's Dr. Nick Maynard was supposed to speak about how Israel's bombing of Gaza is also an attack on healthcare workers there. Tue, 08 Apr 2025 19:34:40 GMT /politics-government/2025-04-08/multiple-columbus-speaking-events-canceled-for-doctor-who-treated-palestinian-bomb-victims George Shillcock /politics-government/2025-04-07/ohio-history-connection-loses-funding-for-lgbtq-history-markers-amid-federal-grant-cuts A nearly $250,000 grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services was set to fund the installation of 10 more LGBTQ+ Ohio Historical Markers. Mon, 07 Apr 2025 17:59:30 GMT /politics-government/2025-04-07/ohio-history-connection-loses-funding-for-lgbtq-history-markers-amid-federal-grant-cuts Allie Vugrincic /2025-01-21/removed-tribes-ohio-history-working-together-to-return-7-000-ancestral-remains The Ohio History Connection has one of the largest collections of Native American human remains. The nonprofit is working with tribal leaders to comply with the federal law NAGPRA and repatriate them. Tue, 21 Jan 2025 09:32:00 GMT /2025-01-21/removed-tribes-ohio-history-working-together-to-return-7-000-ancestral-remains Adriana Martinez-Smiley, WYSO /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