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How’s The Weather?

From January 1838 to June 1844, Zachariah Mills, the fourth State Librarian of Ohio, diligently logged the temperature and weather conditions in …

See It Then, See It Now!

Ever wonder what a significant site in your city looked like 100 years ago? With the newest Learning Resource now available on …

Happy Birthday, Mr. Thurber!

Tomorrow, December 8th, is the birthday of one of Columbus’s most famous native sons–humorist, illustrator and author James Thurber. In the preface …

Prison Break 1863

An exciting chapter in Ohio history unfolded almost 150 years ago this past Wednesday when John Hunt Morgan (of Morgan’s Raid fame) …

Columbus Bicentennial: City of the Future

  Fifty years ago–during Columbus’s sesquicentennial–the October 14th issue of Columbus Dispatch Magazine included an interesting feature looking at the “Columbus of …

Columbus Day 2012

  The Ohio History Center will be closed on Monday, October 8th in recognition of Columbus Day, a day which memorializes Christopher …

Ohio Train Wrecks

Columbus made headlines this past Wednesday, July 11th, when a Norfolk Southern train heading from Chicago to North Carolina derailed just moments …