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Side A Until the 1970s, Pilgrim Elementary school was different from today. Pilgrim had a smaller playground with a brick wall around it. The gym was used only for physical education classes and most students went home for lunch, while others at…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S5G_camp-chase-confederate-cemetery_Columbus-OH.html
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Camp Chase Prison
When President Abraham Lincoln called for volunteers to suppress the southern rebellion in April 1861, thousands of men rushed to Camp Jackson in Columbus, Ohio. Authorities established Camp Chase after volunteers overw…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RY3_snowden-gray-house_Columbus-OH.html
Side A Philip T. Snowden, owner of a fancy dry goods and millinery,
built the Italianate-style residence at 530 East Town Street in 1852.
The house was part of the fashionable University Place addition on
the east side of the city. From 1862-…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RY2_southwood-elementary-school_Columbus-OH.html
Side A
Built in 1894, the original eight-room Southwood Elementary School cost
$16,000 to construct on this site purchased from a local family for
$3,000. The school originally had five teachers and a teacher-pupil
ratio of 50-1. Mary Esper …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RY1_americas-pioneer-kindergarten_Columbus-OH.html
Miss Caroline Louise Frankenberg (1806- 1882)
brought the kindergarten concept from Germany to
Columbus in 1836. She returned to Germany for
further study, then established the school at the
S.E. corner of Rich and Pearl Alley in 1858.
The Ki…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RUS_iskcon-krishna-house_Columbus-OH.html
Side A
In 1968, the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) established the first practicing Vedic Temple in the state of Ohio. This building represents the beginning of a now growing population of Vaisnavas, worshipers of Vishnu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RUR_coach-woody-hayes_Columbus-OH.html
Over his 28-year coaching career, Woody Hayes (1913-1987) cemented
The Ohio State University's tradition of football excellence while
amassing one of the most impressive records in college football.
Wayne Woodrow Hayes grew up in Newcomerstown …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RUQ_coach-woody-hayes_Columbus-OH.html
"You can never pay back, but you can pay forward"
Wayne Woodrow "Woody" Hayes was a buckeye from birth. born in
Clifton, Ohio, he spent his entire life giving back to the state he
loved. Woody earned a bachelor's degree fr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RUP_ohio-state-school-for-the-blind_Columbus-OH.html
In 1835, Dr. William Awl of Columbus and Dr. Daniel Drake of
Cincinnati presented recommendations to the Ohio General Assembly
to establish a school for the blind. Legislation, signed by then
governor of Ohio Duncan McArthur on April 3, 1837, p…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RUN_a-b-graham-and-the-4-h-movement-nationwide-and-ohio-farm-bureau-4-h-center_Columbus-OH.html
A.B. Graham and the 4-H Movement
In 1902, Albert Belmont Graham (1868-1960), a
school teacher and superintendent, established the
Boys and Girls Agricultural Experiment Club in
Springfield, Ohio. Graham believed in learning by
doing, a conc…