NEW - Vol.3 No. 1, Spring 2025 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!
This issue includes a story about the history of Engine House No. 6, the West Broad Street fire house that is the future home of the CHS by Doug Tracy; a story about Columbus naturalist, taxidermist, author and bookseller Oliver Davie by Genie Hoster; a story about singer Madam Rose Brown, who went from local bars and clubs to Broadway and back before becoming a local television and radio personality by David Meyers; a story about the 1939 Ohio State basketball team, which wasn't too thrilled about having to play in the first NCAA basketball tournament because they didn't know what it was (but finished second), by Columbus History editor Bob Hunter; a story by Jeff Coon that examines Civil War letters that show what life was like in Camp Jackson and Camp Chase in Columbus and more!
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.
Published Nov, 30th, 2024, 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 and more!
This second issue is available for sale to the public at CHS events and in CHS properties, and on Amazon.
