Organizers comprise volunteers, Johnstown City Council members and representatives of the cornerstone sponsors who aim to ...

History came alive as my husband, Allen, and I visited state parks in southern Ohio in early spring this year. There were ...

Cam visits The Octagon Earthworks in Newark, a UNESCO World Heritage Site that is now open for tours to the public throughout ...

The Newark Earthworks in Ohio consist of three sections of preserved earthworks: the Great Circle Earthworks, the Octagon Earthworks and the Wright Earthworks. Holly Hildreth/Getty Images For more ...

The Octagon Earthworks and Newark's Great Circle, along with six other earthworks built by the indigenous Hopewell culture around 2,000 years ago, became Ohio's only World Heritage site in Sept. 2023.

April 18 is World Heritage Day, but Ohio History Connection is celebrating all week at the Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks, including at Newark's Octagon Earthworks.. The Octagon Earthworks and ...

NEWARK, Ohio — For the first time in more than a century, the Octagon Earthworks in Newark, part of Ohio’s first and only UNESCO World Heritage Site, is fully accessible to the public.The Ohio ...

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 ...

The Ohio History Connection, formerly the Ohio Historical Society, was deeded the Great Circle and Octagon Earthworks in 1933 and extended the country club's in 1997 to 2078.

In Newark, Ohio, hidden among homes, restaurants and stores sits something spectacular. And that something spectacular is the Newark Earthworks — an architectural wonder built by American Indians ...

NEWARK, Ohio — 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 — 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.