What have OHS and the Mound Builders Country Club done to encourage public visitation to the Octagon Earthworks?
Under the terms of the 1922 lease between the court-appointed trustee and MBCC, public access to the site was limited to the citizens of Licking County, who were to be subject to “such reasonable rules as may be agreed upon between the lessor and the lessee.” When OHS entered into its first lease with MBCC in 1938, the language was modified so that the right to visit the site was extended to the general public, but still subject to “reasonable rules” as reserved by the lessor. Since 2000, OHS has taken a number of steps to enhance accessibility to the site.
