In Newark Ohio the huge mound complex had a GOLF COURSE cutting through it for decades thanks to the shortsighted Ohio Historical Society. They've changed their name recently to protect the guilty and are NOT renewing the lease for the Moundbuilders Golf Course! About time... Guess it took a world renowned author investigating the ancient culture of moundbuilding in the Americas to make them realize the folly of golfing on this massive site. Much of it was destroyed since the 1800s when first settled and a Newark having been built across the site. Of course what is there is being touted as a "religious ceremony" site when in fact is is quite obvious it was a fortified settlement at one time. Deep moats, high earthen mounds in rings probably topped with log walls and small entrances. Look at any settlement across the world and this is what you see when warring tribes and potentially starving cannibals threaten your people. Enough with the touchy feely nonsense that these ancient cultures were so in touch with the universe and spiritualism. They were superstitious sheeple just as we have today.
From [farmoffice.osu.edu]
Ohio History Connection can use eminent domain to cancel Moundbuilders Country Club’s lease. A Licking County judge ruled in early May that the Ohio History Connection, formerly the Ohio Historical Society, can reclaim full ownership of land that it had leased to a country club. The Moundbuilders County Club has operated a golf course around prehistoric Native American earthworks for decades under a long-term lease with the state. The Ohio History Connection sought to have the lease terminated in order to give the public full access to the earthworks as part of a World Heritage List nomination. The judge viewed the request as sufficiently in the public interest to apply Ohio’s eminent domain laws.
From [farmoffice.osu.edu]
Ohio History Connection can use eminent domain to cancel Moundbuilders Country Club’s lease. A Licking County judge ruled in early May that the Ohio History Connection, formerly the Ohio Historical Society, can reclaim full ownership of land that it had leased to a country club. The Moundbuilders County Club has operated a golf course around prehistoric Native American earthworks for decades under a long-term lease with the state. The Ohio History Connection sought to have the lease terminated in order to give the public full access to the earthworks as part of a World Heritage List nomination. The judge viewed the request as sufficiently in the public interest to apply Ohio’s eminent domain laws.