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  2. Ohio Expo Center and State Fairgrounds - Wikipedia

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    Capacity. 20,000. Opened. 1886. ( 1886) Website. www .ohioexpocenter .com. The Ohio Expo Center and State Fairgrounds is an exhibition center and fairground site, located in Columbus, Ohio. The site has been home to the Ohio State Fair since 1886.

  3. Ohio Penitentiary - Wikipedia

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    John Hunt Morgan, Bugs Moran, O. Henry, Chester Himes, Sam Sheppard. The Ohio Penitentiary, also known as the Ohio State Penitentiary, was a prison operated from 1834 to 1984 in downtown Columbus, Ohio, in what is now known as the Arena District. The state had built a small prison in Columbus in 1813, but as the state's population grew the ...

  4. Menard Correctional Center - Wikipedia

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    Opened. 1878. Managed by. Illinois Department of Corrections. Menard Correctional Center, known prior to 1970 as Southern Illinois Penitentiary, is an Illinois state prison located in the town of Chester in Randolph County, Illinois. It houses maximum-security and high-medium-security adult males. The average daily population as of 2007 was 3,410.

  5. Ohio State Fair's origins included Columbus residents

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    Ohio State Fair's origins included Columbus residents. Gannett. Grace Freeman. August 4, 2024 at 6:30 AM. An undated, circa 1920s view of the Ohio State Fairgrounds entrance. For nearly 175 years ...

  6. Ohio State Fair - Wikipedia

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    From 1874 until 1885, the site of Columbus' Franklin Park served as home to the Ohio State Fair. Finally, in 1886, the Fair moved to its current location to what is currently called the Ohio Expo Center and State Fairgrounds. The main entrance to the site was at the southwest corner of the grounds along Woodard Avenue. It is now along 11th Avenue.

  7. Schmidt's toasts 110 years at Ohio State Fair with ... - AOL

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    Belinda M. Paschal, Columbus Dispatch. July 23, 2024 at 2:15 PM. ... Schmidt's invited a team of 40 members from the Ohio State Fair & Expo Center for a taste test and voting, with cotton candy ...

  8. Ohio State Fair ride guide: What to expect on the ... - AOL

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    10 a.m. to 11 p.m. - July 25, July 27-28, Aug. 3. 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.- Aug. 4. There will be a sensory-friendly morning from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on July 25. Prep ahead: What to know if you go to the ...

  9. Westland Mall (Ohio) - Wikipedia

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    Westland Mall. /  39.9505556°N 83.1155556°W  / 39.9505556; -83.1155556. Westland Mall is a demolished 860,000-square-foot (80,000 m 2) shopping center located at the intersection of U.S. Route 40 and Interstate 270 on the west side of Columbus, Ohio. In November 2012, the majority of the mall closed, and the last anchor closed in 2017.