Around Town
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Downtown
The corner of Goodale and High Street
The Arena District
The Columbus Museum of Art...... Photo by Randall Schieber
River View...... Photo by Randall Schieber
Franklin Park Conservatory
The Ohio State House
Interior, the dome of the Ohio State House......Photo by Randall Schieber
The Ohio Theatre...... Photo by Larry Hamill
Annual fireworks display, seen from the Arena District
German Village
Courtyard at the Barcelona Restaurant in German Village...... Photo by Beth Ervin
Midtown
North entrance to the Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio
The Ohio State Fair seen against the skyline of Columbus...... Photo by Randall Schieber
North
Director emeritus, Jack Hanna and a baby gorilla at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium
Children can see the beluga up close at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium
East
Easton is one of the destination places to shop and eat in Columbus
Columbus is the capital of Ohio and was named for the explorer Christopher Columbus. The city was founded in 1812 at the confluence of the Olentangy and Scioto Rivers. Columbus became the capital city in 1816. As of the last census the metropolitan area had a population of 1,773,120. Columbus is located within 550 miles of half the population of the U.S.
The city has a diversified economy which is based in education, government, insurance, banking, fashion, defense, aviation, food, logistics, steel, energy, medical research, health care, hospitality, retail, and technology. Which is perhaps one of the reasons that no single nickname has become singularly synonymous with Columbus. Among the nicknames given to Columbus are:Cowtown, The Biggest Small Town In America, The Discovery City, Arch City,and Indie Art Capital.
Columbus was settled by significant populations of Irish and German immigrants. The Ohio Statehouse was opened on January 7, 1857 after 18 years of construction. Camp Chase was located at what is now the Hilltop neighborhood of west Columbus. During the Civil War some 9,000 Confederate prisoners were held at Chase. Over 2,000 Confederate soldiers remain buried there making it the largest Confederate cemetary in the north. As a result of the Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Act, the Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College (now known as Ohio State University) was founded on the former estate of Hannah and William Neil in 1870.
The history of Columbus is marked time and again by forward thinking people. See Clarence and Charles Hoover, "The Columbus Experiment", Samuel Bush, and aviators Cromwell Dixon, and Phillip Parmalee. In 1964, Ohio native Geraldine Fredritz Mock flew the Spirit of Columbus around the world. Making her the first woman to complete the flight and setting a record for speed for planes under 3,858 pounds.
Columbus is a wonderful city. Rather than repeat the same things take a look at the material provided by Experience Columbus.
Those of you visiting Columbus, and those considering a visit to Columbus, will find a wide array of things and places to pique your interest. We hope you'll enjoy your visit and return again and again. Thank you.