08/29/2024
Marie Nemes-Crawford, Editor
Sept.5 : Ellery and “The Church Ladies”
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- Presiding: President Heidi White
- Prayer: Tom Duvall
- Piano: Ellery Elick
- Song Leader: Drexel Poling – “ROTARY”, “Sing Out A Song Of Rotary”
- Guests: Eric Liggett introduced his son Chase
Announcements:
- Sept 26th – Rotary After Hours at Rhoadhouse 56 – Superintendent’s short presentations
- Gary reported from Monday’s Community Kitchen: Heidi White, Gary & Sandy Montgomery, Tom Duvall, Bob Sneed, Ty Ankrom, Bob McCrady and Alice Harker along with Julia Weller – Logan Elm student (and 4-way speech contest winner)
- Daryl suggested a $1,500 donation to the Presbyterian Church house they are building to complete the HVAC system
SAA: Rob Radcliff
- National Kiss and make up day
- Aug 29, 1963 Famous Speech – “I Have a Dream“
- Aug 31, 1997 tragic event – Princess Dianna killed
- John Lambert from Ohio City, Ohio 1891 invented America’s first gasoline automobile
- Ohio Revised Code trivia
- 1912 what candy was created in Ohio – LifeSavers
Scholarship Drawing: Rob again?! won the weekly drawing for $16. Big Bean pot has started over at $146, and continues to grow!
Program: Ashville’s own James Barr and Bob Hines talking about Snake Den Mounds
- 2006/2007 archeologist knocked on James’ door with his magnetometer and wanted to explore some of the land
- Elevation is 1,100 feet and is the highest location in Pickaway Co
- Pickaway County ranks 3rd in the number of Moundbuilder earthworks in Ohio
- The Snake Den Complex is only known large earthworks complex remaining in Pickaway Co
- Why the name “Snake Den”? – Since horsepower was so important in 1800’s and horses are afraid of snakes, early settlers built a fence around the stone the snakes used as a den over the winter and tried to kill them as they emerged. Of course they could not kill them all.
- National newspapers in 1897 reported on discoveries at Snake Den including silver nuggets and moundbuilders bones
- The Snake Den Silver Nuggets were displayed at world fairs
- Items were lost for more than a century until 2006
- As the magnetometer data was reviewed – it is now considered a sacred complex
- 1950 – gas line was added to the property, so anything underneath that line cannot be identified
- Barr Family worked with Appalachia Ohio Alliance and was presented the 2020 Ohio’s State Historic Preservation Award
- Experts from around the country and the world comes to the Barr’s to donate their time to further explore the site
- Chinese contingent has come to see how the site is being preserved
- 2017 – publication for elementary students – Bob created an educational comic book
- Snake Den does have email list for membership and volunteer opportunities – visit www.snake-den-mounds.com
- PCCF helped with funding so Snake Den presentations have display cases now with items found on the grounds
- Area schools are encouraged for field trips – digs are usually happening on the grounds by university groups
- The Snake Den Mounds Complex linear pits date back to 900 BCE
- More than one culture has been proven to have used the site
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In appreciation for the speaker today, a donation will be made to Anne’s Smiles of Ashville