Sunday, October 19 from 1:00-5:00 is Open House at the Octagon at the Newark Earthworks. This is one of only four (count ’em: four) days per year when the public has full access to these incredible structures. The golfers will not be on the course, so no need to listen for calls of “Fore!” The…
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Tombstone Tuesday: Chief Black Hoof
This week’s Tombstone Tuesday features a tombstone (or, more properly, a cenotaph) of a man you’ve probably never heard of who was part of a story that you’ve likely heard only one side of. If I were to ask you to name a chief of the Shawnee during the early 1800s, I’m guessing most of…
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Waxing Nostalgic and a Seriously Cool Bag
What do we think about the past? That might seem like an odd question for genealogists, but I think it is one worth exploring. Recently, I’ve become rather fascinated with old signs. Whether neon, electric, or vacu-formed, they seem in stark contrast to today’s polished, glossy, designed-by-the-marketing-department signs. Some sign aficionados say that the old…
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Milestone!
I hit a Waymarking milestone today — my 100th approved Waymark! The honor (such as it is) goes to Second Capitol of Ohio in the Ohio Historical Markers category. This marker (#7-60) is in front of the Muskingum County Courthouse at 401 Main Street, Zanesville. The marker reads: (side A) In 1809 the citizens of…
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Stonehenge, the Acropolis, and Newark, Ohio
After reading the headline to this post, you might be thinking, “One of these things is not like the others.” However, Stonehenge, the Acropolis and Newark, Ohio may all have something in common very soon — United Nations World Heritage sites. The United Nations maintains a list of “the properties forming part of the cultural…