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1812 - Columbus, Ohio founded
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1816 - Columbus named state capital.
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1854 - Columbus
Columbus city, capital of the state of Ohio, and seat of justice of Franklin county, is pleasantly situated on the E. bank of the Scioto river, 90... Read MORE...
1868 - THE BURNING OF THE OHIO LUNATIC ASYLUM.
A Columbus dispatch of the 18th inst., to the Cincinnati Gazette, gives the following additional particulars of the burning of the Central Lunatic... Read MORE...
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1872 - February 22 - 1st national convention of Prohibition Party (Columbus Ohio)
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1880 - April 2 - A mother propped up her baby in a chair in a photograph gallery in Columbus, Ohio, to have its picture taken, and then excused herself for a moment. She has not yet returned.
The Cambria Freemen
Ebensburg, Pennsylvania
April 2, 1880
1888 - The factory of the Buckeye Buggy Company at Columbus, O., was burned on the 13th, causing a loss of $150,000.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
March 17, 1888
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1895 - Columbus
Columbus, the capital city of Ohio and the county seat of Franklin co., is situated on the Scioto River, by rail 120 miles N.E. of Cincinnati, 138... Read MORE...
1899 - ENGINE KILLS SIX. SEVEN MEMBERS OF AN OHIO FAMILY RUN DOWN BY TRAIN.
At Columbus, Ohio, six members of a family of seven were killed at the Woodward Avenue crossing of the Big Four Railroad. The seventh lies in a... Read MORE...
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1901 - July 24 – O. Henry is released from prison in Columbus, Ohio after serving three years for embezzlement from the First National Bank in Austin, Texas.
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July 24, 1901
1907 - BIG FOUR TRAIN WRECK. ONE OF THE FASTEST TRAINS ON NEW YORK CENTRAL WENT THRU OPEN SWITCH AT COLUMBUS, O. MANY PASSENGERS ARE INJURED.
Columbus, O., June 18 - Big Four passenger train No. 19, one of the fastest trains on the New York Central lines, went thru an open switch today in... Read MORE...
1909 - $200,000 FIRE IN COLUMBUS. Blaze Destroys Five-Story Building Opposite the One in Which It Started.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. 26. - Fire which started by a gas explosion early to-day in the four-story building occupied by the Brunswick Bowling Company,... Read MORE...
1910 - November 7 - The first air freight shipment (from Dayton, Ohio, to Columbus, Ohio) is undertaken by the Wright Brothers and department store owner Max Moorehouse.
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November 7, 1910
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1916
Columbus, the capital city of Ohio and the county- seat of Franklin co., is situated on the Scioto River and on the Baltimore and Ohio, the... Read MORE...
1947 - September 15 - First 4 engine jet propelled fighter plane tested, Columbus, Ohio
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September 15, 1947
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