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Recent Explorations of The Steel Group: A Unique Earthwork Site in Ross County, Ohio. Timothy Everhart, PhD Candidate, University of Michigan Museum of Anthropological Archaeology. The park's annual Summer Lecture Series provides visitors an opportunity to gain insight into the field of archaeology as it pertains to the Hopewell culture and the park. Whether you […]

Join us for one super spectacular day of Junior Ranger fun! For the first time ever, kids of all ages will have a chance to complete THREE Junior Ranger activity books at our Hopewell Mound Group site. Rangers will have pop-up activities scattered around our Hopewell Mound Group site to help our Junior Rangers work […]

Enjoy a glass of wine and unwind with us at Naz Vineyard & Winery. We are excited to team up with Naz Vineyard & Winery to bring you this special and fun event! Join Mandy and Lynne for an hour long, all levels, Vinyasa flow class. You will have two passionate instructors guiding you into […]

Ellen Chester will be displaying two art styles for the month of August. Wildlife and Domestic Animals Contemporary style: realistic animals - birds, butterflies, reptiles and fish.  

The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 108 and the Ross County Veterans Honor Guard presents a ceremony honoring the 101st anniversary of Captain Becker's death. Captain Charles E. Becker, of the East Surrey Regiment, British Army, was wounded twice and had three brothers who were killed in France during World War I.  He was […]

Ohio 4x4 Trailriders : Novice Ride August 10th at 9am This ride will focus on drivers with limited off-road experience. We encourage participation from anyone with a stock to mildly modified 4x4 vehicle (for example 31 - 33 inch tires on a short wheelbase vehicle – full size trucks do not do well). The ride […]

Part of the Arc's Time Honored Skills Series that will be held at Fort Hill's Education Center this summer, this in-depth course led by Justin Houston will teach you how to utilize naturally occurring materials to knap a useful flint tool. Your experience will begin with a nature hike at Fort Hill to locate your […]

The East Division Champion Chillicothe Paints are in the Prospect League Championship Series! Game one is Saturday, August 10, at VA Memorial Stadium at 7:05 p.m. Gates open at 6:05 p.m. Tickets are on sale now! You may purchase them at the Paints Office (11 East 2nd Street) from 10 am - 5 pm Friday, […]

Please join us at Adena Mansion and Garden’s for a day of tranquility and relaxation, while you enjoy the benefits of Yoga with the view that was the inspiration for the Great Seal of the State of Ohio, “The Overlook”. Yoga at the Overlook will be taught by a Certified Yoga Instructor that will consist […]

Aaron Comstock, PhD, Post-Doctoral Researcher, Ohio State University; "Climate Change, Migration, and the Emergence of Fort Ancient Societies in the Middle Ohio Valley" Abstract: For millennia the Native inhabitants of the Middle Ohio Valley cultivated local crops and lived relatively mobile lifestyles. By approximately AD 1100 a clear shift to sedentary village life and maize […]