Anthropology

by: Maeve Walsh

Posted: Dec 13, 2022 / 06:30 AM EST

Updated: Dec 13, 2022 / 06:01 PM EST

This story has been updated to include comments from Moundbuilders Country Club.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A Newark golf course situated on Indigenous American earthworks is one step closer to being evicted.

In a 6-1 decision, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled last week that the Ohio History Connection can use eminent domain to oust the Moundbuilders Country Club – whose private golf course sits atop a 50-acre ancient American Indian structure – and remodel it as a public park, paving the way for a nomination to the World Heritage List.

“We are very pleased and excited the Supreme Court continues to uphold a lower court decision to make this significant site, this worldwide significant site, open to the people of Ohio,” said Megan Wood, executive director and CEO of the Ohio History Connection.

David Kratoville, president of the Moundbuilders Country Club Board of Trustees, called the court’s ruling a disappointment. Moundbuilders, which Kratoville described as a blue-collar country club, has welcomed “all walks of life” since 1910 and serves as a communal meeting space for second-, even third-generation members.

“They’ve been through the thick and the think on this,” Kratoville said. “They have been through the court proceedings and been hardened by all of what’s taken place. The net result is, again, nobody’s happy about the decision.”

More:
https://www.nbc4i.com/news/local-news/newark/newark-golf-course-on-american-indian-earthworks-can-be-seized-by-ohio-court-rules/




Enjoying yourselves, bumblef#cks?

Next adventure, using the Statue of Liberty for Paint Gun games!

I've seen photos of this area before and thought "how nice it is that they keep it all so nice and well-mowed. It looks beautiful. Little did I know they were strolling around on it as part of their game life.