Schmidt's Sausage Truck from German Village in Columbus is Coming to the Ross County Historical Society! September 15, 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on the grounds of the Ross County Heritage Center located at 45 West Fifth Street in Chillicothe. Come join us for a special day of food & fun as we celebrate the […]
Through Chillicothe Doors - A look at the clothing worn in Chillicothe in the 19th century featuring Ericka Osen, nationally recognized authority on historical textiles and clothing, Chillicothe. Wednesday, May 10, 7:30pm Ericka Mason Osen was formerly the manager of Clothing and Textiles at Connor Prairie Museum in Indiana and period clothing manager at the […]
Rediscovering Chillicothe's Forgotten Prehistoric Mounds featuring Gary Argabright, retired educator and noted authority o prehistoric artifacts of the Scioto River Valley, Chillicothe. Wednesday, May 3, 7:30pm The area which we think of as Ross County was once a center of prehistoric mound-building and geometric earthen construction. Hundreds of mounds and dozens of earthen circles, squares, […]
General Ulysses S. Grant Returns to Cover the War Years— Fort Donelson through the Chattanooga Campaign and promotion to Commanding General. Featuring renowned living historian & educator Dr. Curtis Fields, Jr., PhD, Memphis, Tennessee. Wednesday, April 19, 7:30 p.m. Dr. Curtis Fields, Jr., the preeminent portrayer of Ulysses S. Grant, has been our guest speaker […]
Be sure to attend the sixth annual Archaeology Day hosted by the Ross County Historical Society in conjunction with the Mound City Chapter of the Archaeology Society of Ohio and the Hopewell Culture National Historic Park. The event will feature more than 20 tabletop exhibits with a wide range of prehistoric artifacts, fossils and rocks […]
Squier & Davis and the Ancient Monuments of Ross County Featuring Jeffery Wilson, President of the Friends of Serpent Mound, Peebles, Ohio. Wednesday, October 19, 7:30 p.m. 175 years ago, two citizens of Chillicothe, Ephraim G. Squier and Edwin H. Davis, co-authored the very first publication by the Smithsonian: Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley, […]
The Ross County Historical Society invites children 6-12 to join us for our 2021 Summer Children's Program "From the Hands of the Hopewell: How the Mound Builders Made and Used Tools." Explore the lives of Ross County's earliest inhabitants through hands-on activities. Try your hand at drilling stone, making a flint scraper, and learning about […]
Sports Legends of Chillicothe & Ross County Featuring Bruce Caplinger, retired corrections officer, professional magician, and local sports authority & collector, Chillicothe Wednesday, November 20, 7:30 p.m. Bruce Caplinger is a lifelong native of Chillicothe. His parents were professional magicians Lonnie and Wanda Caplinger. Bruce took up the family profession at age ten and was […]
The Story of Ohio’s Canals: An Engineering Endeavor That Can Still Be Traced in Ohio’s Landscape Featuring Tom O’Grady, surveyor, student and researcher of Ohio History, and Instructor of Observational Astronomy at Ohio University. Co-sponsored by the Ohio Humanities Council Speakers Bureau Wednesday, November 6, 7:30 p.m. Beginning in 1825, Ohio began constructing its canal […]
Learn the art of Scherenschnitte—the Pennsylvania German craft of hand-cut paper designs with local artist Bonnie Grove. Spend a relaxing afternoon learning how to turn an ordinary piece of paper into a beautiful work of art that you can frame and hang on a wall or make into charming decorations for your next Christmas tree. […]
