Friday, Apr 13, 2012
The Palace Theatre has been home to prime entertainment for decades. Learn more.
Friday, Apr 6, 2012
Columbus teams played at fields all around the city. Get the story.
Friday, Mar 30, 2012
Many nuances of America’s pastime were developed in Columbus. Learn more.
Friday, Mar 23, 2012
The arches that illuminate the Short North were first installed along High Street in 1888. Learn more.
Friday, Mar 16, 2012
Dublin joined Worthington and Franklinton on the short list of communities that wanted to be Ohio’s centralized capital city. Learn more.
Friday, Feb 24, 2012
Greenlawn Cemetery is more than a place for eternal rest. Get the story.
Friday, Feb 17, 2012
Many stops on the Underground Railroad were along the Olentangy River. Get the story.
Tuesday, Feb 14, 2012
Officials say they want Columbus residents to vote for their favorite songs to celebrate Columbus’ bicentennial. Read the story.
Friday, Feb 10, 2012
Designers wanted the Ohio Theatre to be the biggest movie house in the nation. Read the story.
Thursday, Feb 9, 2012
Culinary students are creating Columbus scenes with cakes as part of a bicentennial contest. Read the story.
Friday, Feb 3, 2012
Ohio State University was founded with a federal land grant and started out with a different name. Read the story.
Friday, Feb 3, 2012
The City of Columbus will celebrate it’s 200th birthday with a gala event. Read More.
Friday, Jan 27, 2012
Ohio’s second statehouse has already stood for 151 years. Read the story.
Thursday, Jan 26, 2012
The bells at the Trinity Episcopal Church play music specifically for Columbus' bicentennial. Read the story.
Friday, Jan 13, 2012
A neighborhood was formed as a way to repay soldiers who fought in the Revolutionary War. Read the story.
Friday, Jan 6, 2012
As Columbus celebrates its bicentennial, city officials reflect on its past. Read the story.
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
A decade-long dispute that held up construction of Rt. 315 north of Ackerman Road was resolved on May 23, 1975, clearing the way for the completion of the freeway north to the Outerbelt.
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Health care in Columbus changed forever when the first penicillin for civilian use arrived on May 22, 1944.
Monday, May 21, 2012
The Freedom Train — a 22-car traveling U.S. bicentennial museum — puffed into Columbus on May 21, 1975, pulled by a restored steam engine.
Sunday, May 20, 2012
On May 20, 1837, as the nation’s financial system collapsed into six years of devastating depression that historians call the “Hard Times,” Ohio bankers convened in Columbus to deal with the crisis.
Friday, May 18, 2012
A dying father’s grief over the death of his only son more than 40 years before is expressed in a fountain in front of the Columbus Metropolitan Library.
Thursday, May 17, 2012
John Kerr, one of the four men who founded Columbus, left his native Ireland in 1789 and became a naturalized U.S. citizen in Pittsburgh on May 17, 1798.
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Though many people tried to start factories in the city’s first decade, all proved to be hapless affairs doomed to failure for want of capital or business sense, William T. Martin wrote in his 1858 History of Franklin County.
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