Friends, relatives and residents of Newark and Licking County, Ohio. Long ago, in 1891, the Octagon Mound was purchased by the Licking County Board of Trade and the Newark Board of Trade. Then, the people of Newark and Licking County voted to tax themselves to pay for this facility through real estate tax. The agreement with the State of Ohio was to allow the State Militia to train at this facility and at such time that training ceased, this land was to be returned to the residents of Newark and Licking County. During this transition, it was returned to the Newark Board of trade and was immediately leased to the Licking County Country Club. In 1933, the Common Pleas Court of Licking County gave the Ohio Historical Society a deed to the property with the provision that it was to be a benefit to the public at all times. At that time in the 1930s, the public was welcome to visit the site. It is unknown when, how or why that the Mound Builders Country Club and the Ohio Historical Society decided to shut out the public. I have documention to back all of this information and I will begin sharing this documention on this site. If you are a taxpaying resident of Newark or Licking County, you deserve to know where your taxdollars are going. You could be paying for an ancient site that has been reduced to a golf course that you have no access to. You could be enjoying this site with friends and family instead of only having the opportunity on few occassions to climb a scaffold of rotten boards and loose nails to view this ancient creation.
If you have information, questions or concerns regarding this subject. You may contact me at naao31@yahoo.com
The article below was published March 9, 1892. The day after the vote to approve the real estate tax mentioned above.
See below, Joint Resolution from 1892.
Check back often for more documentation on this matter. All of these documents can be obtained through the Licking County Library, Licking County Courthouse and the Newark Advocate.
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