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Great Hopewell Road Research
 
Courtesy American Antiquarian Society
(The Salisbury map was provided courtesy of the American Antiquarian Society.  Reproduction is under strict copyright.)		 The re-discovery of this survey map of the Newark Earthworks, drawn by Charles and James Salisbury in 1862, prompted Dr. Bradley Lepper to hypothesize about the existence of the Great Hopewell Road.

Click here for updates on Dr. Lepper's Great Hopewell Road research.

 

Broadcast News

Searching for the Great Hopewell Road was broadcast in the spring of 1998 by twelve public television stations in the Ohio Valley. Each station has the standard broadcast rights of four broadcasts over a three year period. Searching for the Great Hopewell Road will be distributed to public television stations across the U.S. by American Public Television in April of 1999. The documentary will be sent via satellite as part of American Public Television’s popular schedule called “American Weekend.”

Below is a list of public television stations in the U.S. that plan to broadcast the documentary. Call your public television station for local broadcast dates and times. If your public television station is not listed, call the station’s program director and ask, “Why not? Its good! Its free!”

Bold = Acceptance is under consideration.

1. ARKA - Conway, AR
2. KAET - Tempe, AZ
3. KEET - Eureka, CA
4. KVPT - Fresno, CA
5. KOCE, Huntington Beach, CA
6. KIXE - Redding, CA
7. KVCR - San Bernardino, CA
8. KPBS - San Diego, CA
9. KQED- San Francisco, CA
10. KRMA - Denver, CO
11. WUFT - Gainesville, FL
12. WJCT - Jacksonville, FL
13. WLRN - Miami, FL
14. WMFE - Orlando, FL
15. WSRE - Pensacola, FL
16. WEDU - Tampa, FL
17. WUSF - Tampa, FL
18. WPBA - Atlanta, GA
19. WSIU, Carbondale, IL
20. WEIU - Charleston, IL
21. WTVP - Peoria, IL
22. WMEC - Springfield, IL
23. WIEL, Urbana, IL
24. WNIT - Elkhart, IN
25. WNIN - Evansville, IN
26. WFYI - Indianapolis, IN
27. WTBU, Indianapolis, IN
28. WYIN - Merrilville, IN		 29. WIPB, Muncie, IN
30. KTWU - Topeka, KS
31. KPTS - Wichita, KS
32. WKYU - Bowling Green, KY
33. KENT, Lexington, KY
34. LOUI - Baton Rouge, LA
35. WYES, New Orleans, LA
36. WGBH - Boston, MA
37. WGBY - Springfield, MA
38. MPBC - Bangor, ME
39. WTVS - Detroit, MI
40. WGVU - Grand Rapids, MI
41. WNMU - Marquette, MI
42. WCMU - Mt. Pleasant, MI
43. WDCQ-University Center,MI
44. KSMQ - Austin, MN
45. KYCA - St. Paul, MN
46. KCPT - Kansas City, MO.
47. KOZK - Springfield, MO
48. KUSM - Bozeman, MT
49. MISS - Jackson, MS
50. NDAK - Fargo, ND
51. KNME - Alburqurque, NM
52. KLVX - Las Vegas, NV
53. WSKG - Binghamton, NY
54. WNYE - Brooklyn, NY
55. WNED - Buffalo, NY
56. WLIW - Plainview, NY		 57. WCFE - Plattsburgh, NY
58. WMHT - Schenectady, NY
59. WCNY - Syracuse, NY
60. WPBS - Watertown, NY
61. KRSC - Claremore, OK
62. OKLA - Oklahoma City, OK
63. WCET - Cincinnati, OH
64. WVIZ - Cleveland, OH
65. WPTD - Dayton, OH
66. WPTO - Dayton, OH
67. WBGU - Bowling Green, OH
68. WNEO - Kent, OH
69. WQLN - Erie, PA
70. WYBE - Philadelphia, PA
71. WSBE - Providence, RI
72. SCET - Columbia, SC
73. WCTE - Cookeville, TN
74. WDCN - Nashville, TN
75. KACV - Amarillo, TX
76. KEDT - Corpus Christi, TX
77. KCOS - El Paso, TX
78. KUHT - Houston, TX
79. KCTF - Waco, TX
80. WVPT - Harrisonburg, VA
81. WHRO - Norfolk, VA
82. KWSU - Pullman, WA
83. KCTS - Seattle, WA
84. WVIR - Beckley, WV
85. KCWC - Riverton, WY

Searching for the Great Hopewell Road has won a Chris Award (first place) in the humanities division of the 46th Columbus International Film and Video Festival.  This is one of the most prestigious documentary, entertainment, and informational competitions in the U.S., and is the oldest non-theatrical festival in North America.  More than 800 entries from over 30 countries were submitted in the 1998 competition.

Pangea Productions Ltd. is developing several related documentary projects, including:
 

The Ancient Ones: Archaeology of the Ohio Valley
A comprehensive series about the region's rich cultural heritage
 
Woodland Traditions: Our Stories
A one-hour documentary about the history and traditions of Native American tribes with historic ties to the central Ohio Valley
 
Kentucky Archaeology
A series of documentary shorts about new research being conducted in the Commonwealth of Kentucky

CERHAS Computer Animation

Searching for the Great Hopewell Road features unprecedented computer animation of the Newark Earthworks created by the Center for Electronic Reconstruction of Historical and Archaeological Sites (CERHAS) at the University of Cincinnati. CERHAS recently created "Earthworks", a traveling, multi-media exhibit that offers a virtual tour of the Newark Earthworks complex.  For more information: http://cerhas.uc.edu/earthworks
 
 

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