Bottom of Ray Rohn’s caricature 1840’s A simplified version of from “Club Men the story says that Native of Columbus”. ...The Largest Citycalled In The Country (1911) Americans named the fruit of the buckeye tree after a BUCK’S EYE.

ou Masco d Y OSU t e e Buckeye ll My book is a thrift find Th us Ca ut e Br I’v The Buckeye Capital

1965 2001

Malcolm Cochran’s An OSU nickname field of “College In The Corn Field!” giant corn ears. 1994 Bankrupt 2002 Dublin Arts MARTIN Council Columbus Metropolitan Library’s call # is “T.L. Shields moved the 977.13 above estabishment, C72M where he intends to -1920s historicaly African American neihborhood who’s 1962 Was a Columbus steelmaker known serve up all kinds of energy & prosperity supported the 5 jazz theaters. for it’s long time president drinks and eatables on Bronzeville Samual Bush. Grand and Great- the shortest notice. stretches from 71 to ARCH CITY grand Father of Pres Turtle Soup will be Woodland & from 670 George/George W Bush. (Burried served on tuesdays and to Broad. @ Greenlawn Cemetery) thursdays.”

Wiki says, “It’s an informal name for the Somali-language film industry that has devel- oped in the Somali community of One of the many activi- Columbus . Where a large Goodale ties for children at Somali diaspora exists.” Park the Godman Guild. Godman Guild I love that we GOODALE STREET have an official Abbreviated from the state fossil, a The Godman Bronze Historic Marker: trilobite that Some say was so named because the Guild was was 9.5” in

houses flew up overnight or maybe the overcrowding r founded by FLYTOWN Flytown became e length. The

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e By 1880 it was an industrial that tells me grant children. The HARRISON AVENUE DENNISON AVENUE l neihborhood as well. O Guild still exists. that Columbus SPRUCE STREET is the “Kidney Stone Belt.” CENTRAL RAILROAD

Why Cowtown? 1951 Dispatch celebrates 80th birthday “The biggest small town in America” Borden’s food divesion was based Elsie ™ in Columbus, Ohio and Elsie the Are there other cow was their mascot. She trav- cowtowns? Yes! eled around the country on promo- tional trips for Borden. OSU People coming to Columbus on Route 23, from the students attempted to get hired south, knew they were near Columbus when they as “Elsie Escorts”. Look for an saw the vast fields of Hartman’s Dairy cows. Elsie imposter on Elmer’s Glue. Hartman became rich making the infamous peruna, a largely alcoholic medical fraud masked as a Infamously submitted by the agri- remedy. culture students, a living cow Found became OSU’s homecoming queen in in a Buis- 1926. ness First Newspaper, 1988

There was a Centennial float Dispatch’s Joe Blundo says in his advertising Dairy Tim Rietenbach’s “Simply Bovine” article (1997), and carrying sculpture on the “We’ve been ashamed of our cows a milkmaid and a Scioto for “Finding since the early 19th century , when genuine cow. Time: Columbus Public the original had Art 2012” cattle grazing on the grounds.” Alfred Lee’s History noted that it made for “an awk- ward appearance to Organized in NYC in strangers...” 1868, The American Jersey Cattle Assoc. ...Joe’s article also moved to Columbus in says cattle were 1946 “After a long stabled in the new study.” Statehouse basement. Bicentennial An 1879 repot by the Butter Cow. state adjutant general (The first was in noted that the appear- 1903 @ the Ohio ance of the statehouse State Fair) basement “would have done credit to any barnyard in the coun- try.” Lookwell Ann Able Ann Ringold Sturdy Ann When Columbus Celebrated it’s Centennial... ..Bunting & Festoons for everyone

The Court of Honor was erected on Wednesday, August 28, 1912 Broad St.

THE TOLD BY $10,000 WORTH OF FLOATS Rhinelander Dance Dutch STE O R H

Dance B R Y E W E R

I think I heard this was rained out Indian Corn Dance

5000 women marched in Columbus for the right to vote, “stump speaches” followed the parade. The 19th amend- ment was not passed until 1920.

“Oh, You ” aut ll Third Be iful Do prize in Monday night’s auto parade: C.D. Savier & friends all togged up like rosters.

Spreakers platform & reviewing stand The Parade of Industries

Mound street derived it’s name from the 40 foot conical mound that was gone by the 1830’s. It was made of clay and had giant oak trees around it’s base. High Street had to curve around it. Earliest 1800’s: Different historical a Dr. Young built a sources speak of double sized frame house bricks being made of on the summit of the the downed mound and largest mound in of utilizing them in Franklin the early US court County. house, public offices and Ohio Statehouse. Jeffers Mound On a bluff overlooking the Olentangy Shrum Mound On McKinley Ave. A plaque reminds us that The Moundless Mounds those first Ohioan’s bones of Columbus rest here. There were around 50 Native American mounds in Franklin County. Few remain. When I moved to Columbus, I wondered, Where was the Mound of Mound Street?

Check out Matt Moorman’s (director of I don’t know of an image of Dr. Young’s flatland solu- house so I drew an existing 1848 engrav- tions) brain- ing of the Grave Creek Mound in West You see the salt mound child, a local Virginia that also has a house on it. I off of 670, on the way music compila- have also heard of race tracks being to the airport. www. tion at built around the base of some mounds... ColumbusNeedsAMountain .org Matt’s ...I heard in 1856, new city Robert Neil built his coat of house “on a mound” at arms. 15th and Indianola, now it’s a fraternity. There’s also a house Centennial Auditorium at “in a mound” in The State Fair Grounds Westerville. (Hanby (Death by demolition) House) Jackson Pike Sewage Plant’s anaerobic digesters Citizens For A Better Skyline **let’s not 2012: The Native threw a contest to fill forget the gra- American Center is at vacant downtown spaces. bage mound Now we have the Mound Street 67 E. Innis Road. (Not Proposed Centennial David Hartz proposed a burial mound for Gov far from Indian Mound float “The Mound bus route. Apartments.) Builders” Rhodes’s statue. (Columbus Monthly Aug,1986)

At the fairgrounds: Martin Janis Senior Center(1979) A COTA souvenir I saw at Cafe Brioso at Gay and High. Please, change Columbus Day to Native American Day!