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EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was originally published by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources.

PERRYSVILLE — The Mohican Fire Tower is 80-feet tall and was constructed in 1934.

At the time it was built, the Mohican Fire Tower had an average visibility of 10 miles in all directions. This allowed the towerman to keep an eye on approximately 200,000 acres of land.

Fire towers were once crucial to spotting forest fires.

Ohio Department of Natural Resources

Beginning in the 1920s and 1930s, fire wardens and foresters used wildfire lookout towers to spot blazes on Ohio lands. Ohio’s fire towers were staffed by lookouts and equipped with binoculars, maps, a radio, telephone, and an alidade – a device used to pinpoint a wildfire location.

Aerial surveillance of wildfires by aircraft began in the 1940s, and Ohio’s fire towers were slowly phased out. The last tower was closed in 1978.

While monitoring from fire towers is a thing of the past, they remain a proud symbol of forest conservation and a monument to the people who worked to preserve our natural resources.

When weather conditions allow, visitors can climb the stairs of the tower at their own risk. From the top of the tower, the Mohican Fire Tower provides a magnificent 360-degree view of the surrounding forests and hills.

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the only residence in the US designed by ai weiwei becomes the base for the ‘forge project’, an initiative that supports indigenous leaders and communities working in the arts, food sovereignty, language revitalization, and more. originally called ‘tsai residence’, the house in upstate new york was realized by ai weiwei in collaboration with HHF architects in 2008, with a guest house addition in 2011. sold for $4.9 million earlier this year, the 3 bedroom dwelling is now known as ‘forge house’ and it will host a range of programs, serving as a forum for events and exhibitions, and as a workspace and home for four new forge project fellows.

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forge house is situated in the hudson valley on unceded, traditional, and ancestral lands of an indigenous community called the muh-he-con-ne-ok. forge project encompasses four main elements: the fellowship program; a farming and ecological education program in partnership with sky high farms to combat food insecurity in the region; a lending collection of artworks from indigenous and hudson valley artists, which is on rotating view at forge project by appointment; and an alliance with the gochman family foundation, which provides direct monetary support to community organizations in the region.

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the ai weiwei-designed house welcomes four inaugural forge project fellows: architect and founder of studio:indigenous chris t cornelius (oneida), artist and filmmaker sky hopinka (ho-chunk nation/pechanga band of luiseño indians), ecologist and researcher jasmine neosh (menominee), and language preservation activist and mohican language teacher brock schreiber (stockbridge-munsee band of…

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Columbus police detectives have arrested suspects in four homicides in the city, as well as a suspect in a homicide in Westerville, in the last week. 

On Tuesday night, Coshocton County Sheriff’s Special Response Team deputies assisted Columbus police in arresting 19-year-old Talent Bradley, of Coshocton, at a home on the 700 block of Elm Street there. Bradley, who was taken into custody without incident, has been charged in connection to two separate homicides. 

More: Teen charged in May shooting death of another teen; man’s death on NE Side ruled a homicide

Detectives have accused Bradley of stabbing 63-year-old Randy Gwirtz to death inside Gwirtz’s home on the 1400 block of Fahlander Drive South, located in Columbus’ Woodward Park neighborhood off of Karl Road. Gwirtz was found on June 7 after relatives said they had not been able to get in touch with him for several days. 

Bradley is also accused of killing 62-year-old Robert Goodrich on May 27 inside Goodrich’s home on the 600 block of Mohican Way near Cherrington Elementary School in Westerville. 

Both men are believed to have been stabbed to death on May 26, according to Westerville police.

Court records show Bradley was identified by Columbus police homicide detectives who were able to trace a vehicle registered to Bradley that was seen on surveillance video near Goodrich’s home, as well as cellphone records that indicated Bradley had searched for Gwirtz’s address prior to his death.

Westerville police also said Bradley met both men through the dating app Grindr.

More: Westerville police seek vehicle owner in connection with Robert Goodrich’s death

Bradley is currently being held in the Coshocton County jail and will be extradited back to Franklin County.

Columbus homicide detectives have also arrested 27-year-old Brittany Weldon, of the Near East Side, in connection with the July 2 shooting death of 49-year-old Eric…

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STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. – Members of the Stockbridge-Munsee Mohican Community are conducting an archaeological dig on the banks of the Housatonic River, their ancestral home. 

What You Need To Know

• The Stockbridge-Munsee Mohican Community is leading an archeology dig in Stockbridge

• They’re looking for the site of a 1783 ox roast organized by George Washington

•  Land seizures and forced removals caused the tribe to relocate to Wisconsin in the 1800s

• Projects like these allow current members to stay connected to their ancestral lands

“Our time in Stockbridge is a huge part of our history,” said tribal historic preservation manager, Bonney Hartley. “It’s part of our ancient history, but also in the 18th century, it was a colonial town, called ‘Indiantown’. It was founded specifically for our people, so direct ancestors of mine and everyone in our tribe today all come back to our time in Stockbridge.”

They’re looking for evidence of a 1783 ox roast, organized by George Washington to thank members of the tribe for their service in the Revolutionary War.

“We’re hoping to find evidence of possibly the ox roast feast itself,” said Hartley. “So for example, evidence of the cooking materials for the ox, which was described as like a 1,100-pound ox that was brought here, or where the spit or where the other kinds of cooking implements were.”

Monday was the first day of digging at the site, and they haven’t found anything yet. However, thanks to previous surveys, archaeologist Nathan Allison is pretty sure they’re going to make a discovery.

“We’ve identified a number of anomalies to ground-truth, or excavate, and see what we see under there,” said Allison. “So a number of those things were metallic objects like large iron objects, or burned features, which might…

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Former Take That singer Robbie Williamslapped up the blazing Turkish sunshine as enjoyed a luxurious yacht day with his wife Ayda and their four children

Robbie William s is currently living his very best life while on a family holiday in Turkey.

The 47-year-old music icon showed off his diving skills on Sunday as he effortlessly jumped into the glistening blue ocean alongside his wife, Ayda Field, 42.

The former Take That singer looked cheerful as he pranced about the luxurious yacht while showing off his impressive collection of tattoos on his bare chest and arms.

Robbie also showcased his colourful personality by sporting a pair of daring sea-themed swimming shorts as he dived head-first into the water.

The proud dad-of-four appeared to be having a whale of a time as he laughed and giggled alongside his gorgeous family.

Robbie Williams is currently living his very best life while on a family holiday in Turkey (

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Former X Factor star Ayda also looked sensational in the snaps as she donned a neon green bikini which did wonders to accentuate her toned physique and rock-hard abs.

Following in her husband’s footsteps, the brunette beauty leapt from the Yacht deck into the crystal-clear water in a bid to cool off from the blazing sunshine.

Proving that she’s a bit of a professional, Ayda made sure to wear a pair of goggles before plunging into the deep waters.

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10 Investigates review of two years’ worth of police records and incident reports submitted to the state show a recurring pattern of incidents there.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Citing “substantiated findings of a significant nature,” Ohio is threatening to suspend admissions of teens and revoke the license of Mohican Young Star Academy – a youth behavioral treatment facility in Ashland County.

10 Investigates review of two years’ worth of police records and incident reports submitted to the state show a recurring pattern of incidents there – including teens who routinely run away from the facility, staff who allege they’ve been injured and assaulted by teens and teens claiming they too were harmed during restraint holds by staff members.

In its July 27 letter to Mohican Young Star Academy, the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services notes that the Ashland County Sheriff’s Office has responded more than 100 times to the facility in the past 18 months “to manage crisis situations at the facility.”

Because of the drain on resources and the recurring number of incidents, the Ashland County Sheriff’s Office told 10 Investigates Thursday that as of July, it will no longer serve as the primary responding agency to the facility. 

Instead, it has asked to serve as a backup agency responding when the Ohio Department of Natural Resources or Ohio State Highway Patrol requests help.

Body camera video obtained by 10 Investigates shows deputies have expressed frustration about returning to the facility for a repeated pattern of events.

“Now I am down here filing two separate assault reports,” one sheriff’s deputy can be heard saying after he had responded to the facility three times in the span of a week – each time to file an assault report on an unruly teen.

A 10 Investigates review of the…

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Charlie, six, requested the same Mohican hairstyle as his singer dad and he duly obliged with the family clippers

Robbie Williams cuts son’s hair into matching mohawk so they look identical

Robbie Williams’ took matters into his own hands at the weekend when his son wanted to look just like him.

Charlie, six, requested the same Mohican hairstyle as his singer dad and he duly obliged with the family clippers.

In a video filmed by Robbie’s wife, and Charlie’s mum Ayda Field, Robbie set to work giving his son the makeover.

“So what’s happening, daddy?” Ayda asked, to which 47-year-old Robbie responded: “Charlie wants a mohawk.”

Looking like he had done it before, Robbie skillfully shaved his son’s head, as the youngster was seemingly oblivious playing a golf game on his phone.

Clearly proud of his own work, Robbie gave a thumbs up to the camera afterwards.

Charlie asked for the same haircut Robbie Williams can’t contain his excitement after England’s emphatic Euro 2020 win Robbie Williams left completely bald as wife Ayda Field shaves his hair off

Mum-of-four Ayda also shared a close-up look of the cut, and captioned it:
“‘likefatherlifeson.”

The video came after Robbie’s wife Ayda had shaved his head last month leaving him completely bald.

Former Take That star Robbie decided to go for a shortcut after his wife let loose with the clippers, in a hilarious video posted to Instagram.

Robbie obliged to his son’s wishes

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The prevailing version of history has been that Native Americans didn’t actually live in the Berkshire area prior to the founding of Indiantown (Stockbridge). They were just passing through, for hunting, trade or interacting with other tribes. Well, it’s easy to see how, if colonists of European extraction were appropriating Native American land, that would be a convenient truth.

But a series of archaeological digs and research is amassing evidence that Indigenous people, known as the ancestors to their Mohican descendants, maintained permanent residences here prior to the time of contact. The latest evidence, and perhaps the most convincing, is the discovery of a probable Indigenous dwelling behind the newly discovered first meetinghouse site on Main Street in Stockbridge.

Stockbridge archaeological dig involves community, aims to correct historical interpretation

Joseph Park’s bicentennial history of Pownal, Vt., tends toward semi-permanent winter hunting camps as the extent of Native American presence, yet he also describes the many artifacts collected along the Hoosic River by Alonzo Whipple in the 19th century and the nearly 500 that Gordon Sweeney accumulated in the 20th century. Most of Sweeney’s are at the University of Vermont, although some reside at the Solomon Wright Library in Pownal.

When it came time to relocate a bridge in Pownal in 1979, Peter Thomas of the Vermont Agency of Transportation cited the discovery of those two men that there were arrow and spear points going back to 4000 B.C., concluding an “annual settlement pattern.” There were also tantalizing stories of cornfields, suggesting more permanent residence.

The narrative clarified in 1990 when David W. Parrott, archaeologist with the Mahingan Institute in Monterey, discovered a variety of stone tools and traced the source of the stone not to the west but to an ancient quarry in Monterey. These seemed to indicate a…

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