NEW - Vol.2 No. 2, Fall 2024 Journal!
The Columbus Historical Society is excited to announce the publication of a new issue of Columbus History, A Journal of the Columbus Historical Society! This latest issue will be free to CHS members. Members should receive their copy in the upcoming weeks. It is available for sale to the public at CHS events and in CHS properties and on Amazon!
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This issue includes an article about the Southern Theatre and the theater greats who have appeared on its stage since its opening in 1896, by Columbus History editor Bob Hunter; a piece about Big Walnut Country Club, one of the first African American country clubs in the nation, by Doug and Debbie Tracy; a story by musician Arnett Howard about jump blues legend Archie "Stomp" Gordon and his scrapbook entries; an article by Jody Maclean about local passengers on the Titanic and what happened to them after the doomed ship hit the iceberg and sank in 1912; a piece by Jim Tootle about famous, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Willa Cather and her relationship with former Ohio State president James Canfield, his wife Flavia, and daughter Dorothy, and Cather's frequent visits to Columbus during his term at OSU president; an update on research on the Deardurff family and their Franklinton residences by Bob Hunter, and a review by Kay Bea Jones, of Richard W. Burry's book Art and History in the Ohio Judicial Center, A Visual Tour.
Previous Journals
Published Mar 15th, 2023, This issue includes a story by Bob Hunter about a long dispute over the location of William Henry Harrison's headquarters during the War of 1812 in the Columbus neighborhood of Franklinton; a story by James Tootle about Columbus native son Hank Gowdy, hero of the 1914 World Series and the first major league baseball player to volunteer for military service during World War I and more!
This first issue is available for sale to the public at CHS events and in CHS properties, and on Amazon.
Published Nov 19th, 2023, this second issue includes an article by Angela O’Neal and Aaron O'Donovan on the 150-year history of the Columbus Metropolitan Library and the libraries that preceded it, a story by Bob Hunter about noted Wyandot chief Tarhe, the Crane, and his long relationship with the Columbus area; an article by Doug Tracy on a popular 1950s and 1960s line dance called the Madison, which got its start in Columbus and more!
This second issue is available for sale to the public at CHS events and in CHS properties, and on Amazon.
Published May 5th, 2024, this third issue includes an article about the David Deardurff house, the oldest house (1807) on its original foundation in Columbus by, Columbus History editor Bob Hunter; a story on the Stephens family, who lived, worked and played in Green Lawn Cemetery for over sixty years, by Bruce Warner; a story about three Columbus/Ohio State athletes in the 1924 Olympics in Paris by Rusty Wilson and more!
This second issue is available for sale to the public at CHS events and in CHS properties, and on Amazon.
