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Trying to Save the Ash Trees
High winds are not the only danger to trees in Ohio. If you look around your neighborhood you may see ash trees with dying branches. Throughout Ohio and other states ash trees are being attacked by the larvae of emerald … Continue reading
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OHS In the News and the Blogsphere
If you don’t get the Sunday Columbus Dispatch, here is your link to Brad Lepper’s archaeology column: New Tools Can’t Replace Excavation Speaking of the Columbus Dispatch, they recently wrote a nice editorial about the Ohio Village and our summer … Continue reading
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OHS in the News
Read about new hours for Ohio Village this summer and Brad Lepper’s latest column. Ohio Village to Reopen to Public Archaeology Useless? Not in Educated Society
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OHS Sites are Great Sites for Bird Watching
The May/June issue of Bird Watchers Digest highlights OHS sites! Check out the article online: Mysterious Mounds: Birding the Ancient Ohio Trail The recommended sites are: Great Circle Earthworks and Octagon Earthworks in Newark, Ohio. Fort Hill near Hillsboro, Ohio. … Continue reading
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OHS in the News
OHS staff and collections have been making news! Archaeology curator Brad Lepper has a new column in the Columbus Dispatch: Paleo-Indian Site Might Demonstrate Early Ritual OHIOFUSION has an article about the Gay Ohio History Iniative: Collecting a Community with … Continue reading
Women and children first
On April 15, 1912, when the Titanic sank to the bottom of the icy northern Atlantic Ocean, it took some 1,500 lives with it. The ship’s captain, Edward John Smith, American businessman John Jacob Astor IV, shipbuilder Thomas Andrews, Jr., … Continue reading
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The Titanic’s 100th Anniversary
Exactly one hundred years ago, the RMS Titanic was powering across the Atlanic on its maiden voyage towards New York City. From the moment in 1908 that the White Star Line announced the construction of the Titanic, and her … Continue reading
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Webinars on Controversy
Controversy 2: Pieces We Don’t Talk About is a thought provoking new exhibit at the Ohio History Center in Columbus, OH. The exhibit features five challenging objects from Ohio Historical Society collections that focus on the nature of stereotypes and … Continue reading
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A Bit of Information About Controversy 2
Republished from Echos More Controversy is coming to the Ohio History Center museum. Following the success of the innovative exhibit Controversy: Pieces You Don’t Normally See, a second round opens in February. The new exhibit focuses on the nature of … Continue reading
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We Were on the Channel 4 News with Ben Gelber!
In the capitol city we have been busy celebrating our 200th anniversary this week. Channel 4 meteorologist Ben Gelber stopped by the Ohio Historical Society on Thursday, February 16 to find out how the weather relates to the founding of … Continue reading
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