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Columbus has had at least one or more public markets since 1814 - three years before the central Ohio settlement was a borough with its first council

Long before freeways and highways, early Ohioans built impressive network of trails, roads

Henry Clay was one of the most prominent and provocative men of his time, often at the center of controversy because he loved being there.

On July 4, 1839, a crowd estimated at more than 6,000 people gathered in, around and about Statehouse Square. They saw quite a show.

As It Were: Early streets in Columbus didn’t provide smooth passage Ed Lentz Today, the streets of downtown Columbus tend to be taken for granted.   The success of asphalt paving in the past century has meant most streets are reasonably straight and clean.  Such was not always the case.  The story of the streets of Columbus – especially in the old city within two miles of the Statehouse – is a complicated one. And it is a story made more complicated for a variety of reasons.  Columbus is a planned city.   There was no town here until the Ohio General Assembly brought it into be...