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Map of the Ohio Country between 1775 and 1794, depicting locations of battles and massacres surrounding the area that would eventually become Ohio. The area including modern-day Columbus once comprised the Ohio Country, [2] under the nominal control of the French colonial empire through the Viceroyalty of New France from 1663 until
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places entries in Columbus, Ohio, United States. The National Register is a federal register for buildings, structures, and sites of historic significance. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts in Columbus.
Columbus becomes the capitol of Ohio and the legislature meets in Columbus's first statehouse. [1] The Village of Columbus is organized, with Jarvis W. Pike elected as the first mayor. [2] [1] 1817. James Monroe visits Columbus, the first U.S. President to do so. [1] The Ohio State Library is headquartered in Columbus. [3]
And that's a conservative undercount, as that number only included "free whites," said Ben Baughman, a curator at the Ohio History Connection. Columbus wouldn't become the state capital for ...
The history of Ohio as a state began when the ... together hundreds of Native Americans across the continent. [3] ... Church of Columbus, Ohio from 1882 to his death ...
The building also houses Ohio's state archives, also managed by the Ohio History Connection. The museum is located at the Ohio State Fairgrounds, site of the Ohio State Fair, and a short distance north of downtown. The history center opened in 1970 as the Ohio Historical Center, moving the museum from its former site by the Ohio State University.
Christopher Columbus, also known as the Christopher Columbus Discovery Monument, [1] is a c. 1890–1892 copper sculpture depicting Christopher Columbus by Alfonso Pelzer, installed on the Ohio Statehouse grounds, in Columbus, Ohio, United States.
Columbus (/ k ə ˈ l ʌ m b ə s /, kə-LUM-bəs) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Ohio.With a 2020 census population of 905,748, [10] it is the 14th-most populous city in the U.S., the second-most populous city in the Midwest (after Chicago), and the third-most populous U.S. state capital (after Phoenix, Arizona and Austin, Texas).