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Putt-ing Through the Ages Golf
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Event Type(s):
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Sports & Recreation, Children Activities
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Organization:
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Medina County Park District
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Description:
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Medina County Park District will be hosting its first big exhibit this winter . . . called Putt-ing Through the Ages. The exhibit is a 12-hole miniature golf course inside Buffalo Creek Retreat that will take you through the amazing journey of the geologic ages of Ohio. The display is being sponsored by Friends of the Parks and Lodi Lumber.
Open Weekends in January and February
Open weekends only (Fri., Sat. & Sun.)
January 6 to February 26 from 12 to 8 p.m.
Fun for all ages. Free.
Held at Buffalo Creek Retreat
8708 Hubbard Valley Road
Seville, OH 44273
Putt through Ohio's ancient sea with the sea floor covered in coral, brachiopods, crinoids, and trilobites. During this period of Ohio's development, the open waters were teeming with squid-like cephalopods and giant armored fish known as placoderms. When the sea retreated, much of Ohio was a swamp forest with tall club moss and fern trees. Giant amphibians emerged from the water, and insects entered the scene, including dragonflies with three-foot wingspans.
Then came the Age of Dinosaurs with Tyrannosaurus Rex, Triceratops, Stegosaurus, and the huge Sauropods such as Apatosaurus. The last great geologic event in Ohio was the ice age. Several ice sheets advanced and retreated over most of Ohio for a period of about two million years. Mile-high glacial ice covered Northeast Ohio until about 12,000 to 10,000 years ago. The last ice age, known as the Wisconsin Ice Age, is responsible for creating the Great Lakes, our inland lakes, and all of our present rivers and streams. Many large mammals roamed Ohio during the warm periods between the advancing ice, including wooly mammoths, mastodons, giant beavers, and the short-faced bear.
Ohio's present forest of beech, maple, oak, and hickory was established around 8,000 years ago. When you think about the millions of years of geologic progression, the woods you walk through in Medina County is new to the scene.
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Address:
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Buffalo Creek Retreat
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8708 Hubbard Valley Road
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Seville, OH 44273
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Date:
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Sunday, 2/26/2012
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Start Time:
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12:00 PM
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End Time:
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8:00 PM
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