Robert Neinast

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As compensation trial nears, there is no "market rate" for a golf course on the Newark Octagon

We’ve reached a turning point in the legal efforts by the Ohio History Connection to reclaim the Newark Octagon for the public. The trial to determine the compensation the Ohio History Connection (OHC) must pay to Moundbuilders Country Club (MCC) to buy back their leasehold on the Octagon is…
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Did a lunar eclipse 2,000 years ago spark the Hopewell culture?

Did you know that the upcoming total solar eclipse is intimately connected to the Octagon at the Newark Earthworks? East of Columbus sit the Newark Earthworks, designed and built by those we call the Indigenous Peoples of the Hopewell Culture, who thrived throughout the Midwest around the years 1-…

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