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The Columbus Public Carnegie Library is a Carnegie library located at 205 N. Kansas in Columbus, Kansas. The library was built in 1913 through a $10,000 grant from the Carnegie foundation. George P. Washburn & Son designed the building in the Classical Revival style. The red brick building's facade is made up of three bays. The building's ...
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaimed Columbus Day as a national holiday in 1934 (originally observed on October 12) to commemorate the landing of explorer Christopher Columbus in the ...
Born in South Bend on March 8, 1898, the son of Mr. and Mrs. John G. Schurz, Franklin Schurz Sr. lived in the city for most of his life. After graduating from South Bend High School in 1916, Schurz earned a bachelor's degree and a master's of business administration degree from Harvard University, with a break for service in the U.S. Army ...
This Week In History: On Oct. 13, 1992, American Indians lead a group of about 150 people at a Columbus Day protest at a replica of Christopher Columbus' ship the Santa Maria, which was docked in ...
Columbus is the second largest city and county seat of Cherokee County, Kansas, United States. [2] As of the 2020 census , the population of the city was 2,929. [ 4 ] It is located approximately 15 miles south-southwest of Pittsburg .
The free event will be held from 4-6 p.m. at the main library, 96 S. Grant Ave., in downtown Columbus. The event’s focus will be on hearing from teens and discussing the impact of gun violence.
A postcard showing the first public library in Columbus, Indiana, the "Carnegie Public Library," which was dedicated in 1903. The building was demolished before the current building opened. In 1899 a library in the county first began occupying two rooms inside the original Columbus City Hall at the southwest corner of Fifth and Franklin Streets ...