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Contact: Kim Schuette: 614.297.2314 or 800-340-6131
kschuette@ohiohistory.org
For Immediate Release June 26, 2009
Ohio Historical Society To Conduct Fort Ancient Public Meeting July 14
The Ohio Historical Society will conduct a public meeting on Tuesday, July 14 to solicit input concerning the future management of Fort Ancient State Memorial near Oregonia, Ohio. The meeting will take place at 6 p.m. at the Fort Ancient Museum.
Representatives from the Ohio Historical Society and the Dayton Society of Natural History will be on hand to discuss the future management of the site and answer questions. For more information about the meeting, contact George Kane, the Society’s director of historic sites and facilities, at 614.297.2441 or at gkane@ohiohistory.org.
Fort Ancient is a wonderful prehistoric site that is 2,000 years old. It consists of 3.5 miles of earth walls that range from 4 to 23 feet in height and are confined into a space of around 100 acres. The prehistoric people during the Hopewell Culture (100BC-AD500) built and used Fort Ancient as a place of ceremonial and social gatherings. The stone covered mounds one will see at the site are astronomical marking mounds. By observing the movements of the sun and moon people could gather at certain days of the year to celebrate specific events and ceremonies. The site is being considered for nomination to the prestigious World Heritage list, which is maintained by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
Fort Ancient is one of 58 sites operated by the Ohio Historical Society, a private, nonprofit organization that serves as the state’s partner in preserving and interpreting Ohio’s history, archaeology and natural history.
It is located in Warren County, approximately 20 minutes north of King’s Island, off Interstate 71.
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