A Historical Guidebook To Old Columbus

Author : Bob Hunter
Publisher : Ohio University Press
ISBN 13 : 0821444360
Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Historical Guidebook to Old Columbus written by Bob Hunter and published by Ohio University Press. This book was released on 2012-10-19 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ever look at a modern skyscraper or a vacant lot and wonder what was there before? Or maybe you have passed an old house and been curious about who lived there long ago. This richly illustrated new book celebrates Columbus, Ohio’s, two-hundred-year history and supplies intriguing stories about the city’s buildings and celebrated citizens, stopping at individual addresses, street corners, parks, and riverbanks where history was made. As Columbus celebrates its bicentennial in 2012, a guide to local history is very relevant. Like Columbus itself, the city’s history is underrated. Some events are of national importance; no one would deny that Abraham Lincoln’s funeral procession down High Street was a historical highlight. But the authors have also included a wealth of social and entertainment history from Columbus’s colorful history as state capital and destination for musicians, artists, and sports teams. The book is divided into seventeen chapters, each representing a section of the city, including Statehouse Square, German Village, and Franklinton, the city’s original settlement in 1797. Each chapter opens with an entertaining story that precedes the site listings. Sites are clearly numbered on maps in each section to make it easy for readers to visit the places that pique their interest. Many rare and historic photos are reproduced along with stunning contemporary images that offer insight into the ways Columbus has changed over the years. A Historical Guidebook to Old Columbus invites Columbus’s families to rediscover their city with a treasure trove of stories from its past and suggests to visitors and new residents many interesting places that they might not otherwise find. This new book is certain to amuse and inform for years to come.

Author : Bob Hunter
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781736691724
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Road to Wapatomica written by Bob Hunter and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-15 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looking for history on our streets and street corners, in our parks and even in our backyards, Bob Hunter sets out on a journey across the Midwest in search of memorable moments from the days of the Old Northwest. Forts, trails, trading posts, Native American villages, battlefields, gravesites and landmarks, both remembered and forgotten, are all on his radar, as are places where acts of heroism, murder, butchery and even massacre took place. He tackles the job with humor, curiosity and skepticism, tries to separate legend from fact, and introduces readers to the people he encounters along the way.Readers will discover: How the famous Fallen Timbers battlefield was discovered a quarter of a mile away from the spot that had been celebrated as its location for two centuries.How and where famous Ottawa chief Pontiac was murdered and how his burial place has long been a topic of dispute.How the most important early town and eventual capital in the Illinois country was swallowed up when the Mississippi River changed its course. How the Iroquois got their name on a point in northern Michigan, hundreds of miles away from their traditional hunting ground.How a poor translation of French written by a Jesuit missionary created the erroneous impression that Jean Nicolet was searching a route to China when he landed in Green Bay and also led to a well-known painting.How the well-known Indiana home of a future president, once site of negotiations with famous Shawnee leader Tecumseh, was nearly torn down to serve the purposes of a local water company.How a famous early Cincinnati resident was responsible for historians misidentifying the location of Fort Washington for 150 years. How early French explorers once trudged through mud and leeches on a portage that stood not far from Chicago's Midway airport.And many more. . . Readers can simply enjoy reading of the author's experiences or use this historical travelogue as a guide to exploration of these places at their own pace. Regardless of their preference, they are guaranteed to take a series of rewarding trips back in time.

Author : Tom Betti & Doreen Sauer, For Columbus Landmarks Foundation
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1626198969
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Historic Hotels of Columbus, Ohio written by Tom Betti & Doreen Sauer, For Columbus Landmarks Foundation and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2015 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Though only a handful remain today, the Capital City once boasted a wealth of illustrious hotels and raucous two-bit establishments. Grande dame hotels like the Neil House, the Great Southern, the Hartman, the Chittenden and the Deshler achieved the height of elegance and refinement. More modest establishments were frequented by fugitive Confederate generals, notorious bootleggers and Fidel Castro's family. Join the Gilded Age bachelors who decked out banquet halls to look like camping sites and the Hungarian revolutionaries who failed to keep a low profile. From devastating hotel fires to ornate outhouse fittings, authors Tom Betti and Doreen Uhas Sauer introduce you to a whole new side of Columbus history.

Author : Tom Betti
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1625846568
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Columbus Neighborhoods written by Tom Betti and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the stories behind historic Columbus neighborhoods and their engaging landmarks. The community centers that locals call home aren't just points of interest but places that have shaped history beyond their communities and even Ohio. This encyclopedia of Columbus neighborhoods gives voice to the rich heritage residing in the bell towers, parks and streetscapes of Franklinton, German Village, King-Lincoln, Olde Town East, Short North and the University District. Along with WOSU's award-winning Columbus Neighborhoods series, Tom Betti, Doreen Uhas Sauer and Ed Lentz curate the stories tracing the lines from your neighborhood to the Manhattan Project, the Underground Railroad, Abraham Lincoln and the Tuskegee Airmen.

Author : Edward R. Lentz
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781935377597
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Historic Columbus written by Edward R. Lentz and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Bob Hunter
Publisher : Trillium
ISBN 13 : 9780814213377
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Thurberville written by Bob Hunter and published by Trillium. This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: James Thurber's Columbus was not today's Columbus--or even yesterday's. It was a Columbus he both knew and created, a place perched on the fringe of reality and the fringe of his imagination. It is the place Bob Hunter revisits in Thurberville, a book where the author separates truth from fiction and identifies what parts of the famous humorist's hometown of 180,000 exist in the burgeoning metro area of more than two million today. Thurber's Columbus was a wild and crazy place, a city full of fascinating and sometimes peculiar characters, many in his own family. Because of the widespread popularity of his stories, that was also the Columbus that many of his readers around the world came to know. Thurberville chronicles those characters and explores that world. But it also examines the real city where Thurber struggled and then blossomed as a college student, worked as a newspaper reporter and a press agent, and achieved international fame as a humorist and cartoonist after he left town, in part by writing about the subjects he left behind. Much of Thurber's best work was cultivated by experiences Thurber had in Columbus and in his dealings with family, friends, teachers, and acquaintances there. They are worth a revisit and, in some cases, an introduction.

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1160 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Centennial Biographical History of the City of Columbus and Franklin County, Ohio written by and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 1160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Roger C. Wade
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0738585440
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Around Columbus written by Roger C. Wade and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to Columbus! The county seat of Colorado County, Columbus is the oldest surveyed and platted Anglo American town in Texas. It was first platted in 1823 by Stephen F. Austin and Baron DeBastrop as a possible site for the Texas capital. It was platted again in 1837 by W.B. DeWees and J.W.E. Wallace. Many of Austin's "Old 300" settled in Columbus and the surrounding area, including Alleyton and Glidden, which were founded as railroad towns. The area played an important role in the history of Texas, including Santa Anna's pursuit of Sam Houston's Texas army that resulted in the burning of Columbus during the "Runaway Scrape." Columbus suffered other setbacks, such as the long-running Stafford-Townsend feud and lawlessness resulting in disincorporation in the early 1900s, and enjoyed the good fortune of its reincorporation in the 1920s. However, today, it is a town of people who greatly value their heritage and seek to preserve it.

Author : Janice R. Ulrich
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467115339
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Columbus written by Janice R. Ulrich and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2016 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the earliest days of Columbus, rural dwellers and city residents have shared a common goal of making the area a comfortable place to call home. The early Welsh and German settlers found fertile soil, lumber, a source of water in the Crawfish River, and generally adequate rainfall to successfully grow crops for their families and to sell for income. They needed little else except their own industrious spirits. With the establishment of the Columbus Canning Company in 1900, the village was transformed into an industrial hub that thrived for the next 75 years. Businesses related to the production of canned peas, corn, pumpkin, tomatoes, and beans flourished, benefiting both growers and processors. Columbus offers a quiet, low-key environment with access to post-secondary education and world-class cultural experiences within an hour's drive.

Author : Christopher Columbus
Publisher : Kessinger Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781104296094
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Memorials of Columbus written by Christopher Columbus and published by Kessinger Publishing. This book was released on 2009-04 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.