Barry Fell

From the Archives with Rick Osmon

Expanded PerspectivesJul 19, 2026

Author Rick Osmon, writer of 'Graves of the Golden Bear: Ancient Monuments and Fortresses of the Ohio Valley,' argues that Romans, possibly the vanished Ninth Legion, reached North America centuries before Columbus. He points to Roman coin hoards, a network of stone signal towers in the Ohio Valley, and reports of giant red-haired skeletons and tiny 'Pukwudgie' burials as evidence that mainstream archaeology has ignored or suppressed. The conversation also links the legal Doctrine of Discovery and the Kennewick Man dispute to a possible motive for keeping pre-Columbian history buried.