03/09/2026
A couple of great programs coming up at the Eulett Center at the Edge of Appalachia Preserve @ 4274 Waggoner Riffle Road, West Union. Join The Edge of Appalachia Preserve for free public talks about interesting things in Adams County. Don’t go right home after work. Grab a friend and come to the museum’s Eulett Center and enjoy an hour of something new and interesting.
For more information contact Preserve Director, Chris Bedel at 937-544-2880 ext 11 or [email protected]. Or just show up the day of the event at Eulett Center. No registration is necessary.
Thursday, April 9, 5:15-6:15PM
The Art of Biodiversity
Sam James, Manager of Eastern Forest Education, Cincinnati Museum Center. Meet the Edge of Appalachia Preserve’s new naturalist, Sam James, as he shares his photographs and deep interest in the eastern forest. Sam’s breathtaking photographs of the beauty and diversity of life that exists in Adams County will leave you amazed. From the tiniest of creatures in vernal pools to stunning images of rarely seen creatures, Sam has dedicated his life to capturing this tapestry life for us all to see and enjoy. Don’t miss this opportunity!
Thursday, April 30, 5:15-6:15PM
Adams County’s Lost Great Lake
Kurt Shoemaker, Professor of Geology, Shawnee State University
One million years ago, the Ohio River did not yet exist. The land that would one day be Adams County was drained by streams feeding the east-flowing Portsmouth River, itself a tributary of the mighty Teays River, which arose in the highlands of southern Appalachia and drained the western slope. As massive continental glaciers advanced into southern Ohio during the Ice Age, the northwest-flowing Teays was dammed by an ice front which stalled along a line from Chillicothe to Ripley and beyond. The impoundment of the Teays created a Great-Lake-sized body of water and eventually birthed the modern Ohio River. Join geologist Kurt Shoemaker to learn the amazing story of how we owe our familiar landscape to the events of the Ice Age.
For more info go to https://www.cincymuseum.org/eulett-center/
