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Joanne Hoover Receives OHCHA Lifetime Achievement Award
With twenty years of leadership in historical preservation work in Perry County, Joanne Hoover of Somerset received the Ohio's Hill Country Heritage Area Lifetime Achievement award at OHCHA's "Roamin' the Hills" event at Glenford Native American Fort in Perry County on Saturday, October 17. As the President /Trustee of the Historical Society of Perry Ohio, Hoover opposed the effort to sell the Perry County Historical Society's museum building when there was pressure for the sale. She developed the Historical Society playing card fundraising program which has raised approximately $30,000 in the past two years which helped restore the facility.
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| Joanne Hoover (center in yellow) celebrates with several OHCHA board members after receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award at Glenford Fort. From left, Tom Johnson, mayor-elect of Somerset, John Winnenberg, preservation activist working in Shawnee and with Little Cities of the Black Diamonds, Hoover, Bojinka Bishop, an Ohio University professor from Athens, and Tim Traxler, long-time local preservationist from Athens. |
She also helped fund the restoration of the museum building and helped organize events such as Civil War Days, sponsored history programs in Perry County schools, sponsored essay contests, and initiated many other preservation activities
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OHCHA Seeks Suggestions For New “Roamin’ the Hills” Events
Ohio’s Hill Country Heritage Area is asking individuals, communities and local heritage and historical groups in the Appalachian region and surrounding counties for suggestions for their 2010 “Roamin’ the Hills” events. “Roamin’ the Hills” events introduce people to heritage resources through educational presentations at specific natural, cultural, or historic sites. “Local community groups or individuals get a chance to showcase their community and region to visitors at these events,” OHCHA board member John Winnenberg said. OHCHA is seeking community help in identifying unique, interesting sites that have a special value to community members and for individuals or groups that would be willing to help set up “open house” events for Roamin’ the Hills. OHCHA has held several Roamin’ events at various sites in the past two years. At the most recent, on October 17, visitors hiked to Glenford Fort in Perry County to explore a Native American hilltop enclosure that dates back 2,300 years to the historic Adena and Hopewell Indian cultures in Ohio. The Perry County Historical Society was the co-host. This past August, OHCHA teamed up with the Buckeye Trail Association in Harrison County to host a “Roamin’ in the Hills” event at the restored Buckeye Trail Century Barn at Tappan Lake. After sampling local food and wine, guests enjoyed presentations about the Buckeye Trail, were introduced to Ohio barn history and learned about the role of the Scots Irish in the Civil War. Another example of a “Roamin’ in the Hills” event took place The Stockport Mill in Morgan County. After touring the functional hydroelectric plant on the Muskingham River, the group heard the history of the mill and learned about the North County National Scenic Trail that passes by the mill. The event ended with local food prepared by the owner of the mill. To suggest a site for a 2010 Roamin’ in the Hills event, click here. For more information, contact admin@ohiohillcountry.org