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 …
The Ohio State Summer Library School
It’s 1917. You’ve decided you would like to be a librarian, or maybe you’re working in a library and you’d like …
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 …
Our State Fair is a Great State Fair!
It’s that time of year again! Right outside of the Ohio History Center, the annual Ohio State Fair is taking place. Beginning …
Columbus Bicentennial: Happy Birthday, Goodale Park!
Wednesday, July 18th marked the 151st anniversary of Columbus receiving our first park, donated by Lincoln Goodale in 1851. Goodale Park consists …
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 …
