Dr. Bernard Master joined the Zoo Board in 2007 representing Franklin County. Dr. Master is a distinguished health care professional and business entrepreneur who spent 36 years serving the inner-city low income and elderly population as a family . . . — — Map (db m200890) HM
1900s
Victims of trapping, hunting and DDT poisoning, eagle numbers began to decline in the mid-to-late 1900s.
1978
The bald eagle was listed for protection under the Federal Endangered Species Act.
As a result of . . . — — Map (db m200891) HM
This "Grand Carousel," manufactured in 1914 by the William I. Mangels Company with wood horses carved by the Marcus Illions Company, was first located at Olentangy Park, an interurban-era amusement park in Clintonville. In 1938, the . . . — — Map (db m29942) HM
Because so few trees grow on the prairies, pioneers often cut soil into blocks and used the blocks like bricks to build their houses. The soil was held together by the matted roots of prairie grasses. These soil houses were nicknamed "soddies" and . . . — — Map (db m200881) HM
• Markhors can climb as high as 15'-20' in trees to eat the leaves.
• Hunted for meat. Horns are also valued as trophies and as ingredients in the Asian medicine trade.
• Loss of habitat due to expanded human settlement
• . . . — — Map (db m200897) HM
💧 Lakes, rivers, streams
🏠 Hollow logs, rocky areas, abandoned beaver dens or dense vegetative areas used for dens
🏞️ Freshwater and coastal marine habitats, including rivers, lakes, marshes, swamps, . . . — — Map (db m200889) HM
The Pledge of Allegiance
"I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."
“Remembering those who defend . . . — — Map (db m215857) WM
"Prairie" is the French word for meadow and French explorers used the word to describe the grasslands of the Mississippi Valley. Imagine this prairie sampler of native grasses and wildflowers stretching over 160,000,000 acres from Ohio to the . . . — — Map (db m200878) HM
Common name: Black-Tailed Prairie Dog
Scientific name: Cynomys ludovicianus
Habitat and Distribution: grasslands of the Great Plains from northern Mexico to southern Colorado
Size: 14 to 17 inches . . . — — Map (db m200879) HM
• Red-crowned cranes are the second rarest crane species after the whooping crane of North America-only 1700 remain.
• Red-crowned cranes mate for life.
Your Columbus Zoo and Aquarium supports . . . — — Map (db m200896) HM
Since their near extinction in the 1970s, the Mexican wolf population is slowly recovering thanks to the collaborative efforts of many conservation organizations including the US Fish and Wildlife Service, the AZA Mexican Wolf Species Survival . . . — — Map (db m200875) HM
The partnership between Dr. Lisa Dabek's Tree Kangaroo Conservation Project and local landowners in Papua, New Guinea provides a model of wildlife protection for the endangered Matschie's tree kangaroo. Since 1996, TKCP and local PNG people have . . . — — Map (db m200903) HM
💧 In or near the water
🏠 Open water, reeds and cattails to escape predators
🏞️ Found in swamps, marshes, shallow ponds or lakes with abundant aquatic vegetation
🍴 Aquatic plants, seeds and . . . — — Map (db m200863) HM
Habitat Hollow
Step into an illustrated children's book and encounter animal greeters in their magical natural habitats. Learn what we can do to share the earth.
Wetlands Way
Animals use wetlands for food, water and shelter, in . . . — — Map (db m200876) HM
Freshwater Mussels
Freshwater mussels…
…are bivalve mollusks dating back to the Triassic Period - more than 250 million years ago!
…are in trouble. Over 70% of mussel species are endangered and 37 are already extinct making . . . — — Map (db m200893) HM
Built in 1910, this lych gate was designed by local architect William Robert Powell to commemorate early settlers of Radnor who emigrated from Wales. Traditional in England and Wales, lych gates are covered gateways used to shelter coffins until . . . — — Map (db m26929) HM
Site of the
Radnor Presbyterian Log Church,
of the
Joint Delaware- Liberty- Radnor
Congregation
built 1819
Distinguished Sunday School Missionary
Benjamin W. Chidlaw
was a member of this church
1829- 1836
erected 1960 — — Map (db m89485) HM
Built in 1917, the Radnor School building was designed by local architect William R Powell. He supervised construction under the direction of school board members W.P. Penry (President), Rees Jones, Wm Jones, Walter Baxter and J.T. Lodwig. The . . . — — Map (db m203285) HM
The Radnor IOOF building was erected in 1854 and instituted as Radnor Lodge 250 on May 17, 1854. The upper level was the lodge hall with the lower level used as a general store and business. The IOOF missions were to visit the sick, relieve the . . . — — Map (db m221446) HM
Located on the NE corner of SR 203 and Radnor Rd, the Powell General Store was established by Welsh immigrants Robert and Ann Powell. They immigrated from Wales to Randnor in 1842 with their children John and Margaretta. The store and attached home . . . — — Map (db m237302) HM
The first religious society in Radnor Township was organized by Welsh Baptists on May 4, 1816. It consisted of 11 members who met in a log school where services were held in Welsh. In 1819, the first church, a hewed log meeting house, was built next . . . — — Map (db m237061) HM
Originally called The The Welsh Calvinistic Congregational Bethel Church of Delhi, the name was shortened later to The Radnor Congregation Church and finally to its current name. Radnor Congregational United Church of Christ. The early church . . . — — Map (db m238287) HM
On this site in 1866, Hiram Beckley erected and used a building known as "Beckley Hall." In 1891 it was razed and a two-story brick structure replaced it. In 1894 the new structure was sold to the Radnor Township Trustees for use as the Radnor . . . — — Map (db m221593) HM
Radnor village is located amid a cluster of elevated knolls surrounded by broad fields and beautiful farms largely devoted to the cultivation of grain. In the early 1800s, many Welsh settlers came to this country for three reasons: they wanted . . . — — Map (db m237062) HM
Side A No one was more fiercely committed to the Underground Rail Road
than former slaves.They knew first-hand the darkness and despair
of bondage. Such was Abraham Depp (1791- 1858), known as Abram,
born a slave on a tobacco plantation . . . — — Map (db m108067) HM
Lucy Depp Park was a 102-acre development named for Lucinda Depp (1844-1929). She had inherited the land from her father, Abraham (1791-1858), an emancipated African American man and central Ohio pioneer from Powhattan County, Virginia. Known . . . — — Map (db m108066) HM
Major General William Starke Rosecrans. W.S. Rosecrans, soldier, engineer, architect and inventor, was born in Kingston Township in 1819. After graduation from West Point in 1842, he served in the Engineering Corps then taught at West
Point. As . . . — — Map (db m117341) HM
In remembrance of those who have fallen in the War on Terrorism
The nation which forgets its defenders will itself be forgotten
Duty • Honor • Country
These heroes endured all
and gave all that justice
among nations might prevail
and . . . — — Map (db m19653) WM
Side A:
Sunbury, Ohio
“An Ohio Stagecoach Town from 1820-1873”
From its beginning in 1816, Sunbury was destined to be a stagecoach town. Anticipating large numbers of stagecoach travelers in Sunbury, the town's founder, Lawrence . . . — — Map (db m18304) HM
During World War II many professional baseball players were called to serve in the U.S. Military and many men’s teams were disbanded. This created a need for new professional baseball players and teams. To meet this need, the All American Girls . . . — — Map (db m215852) HM
Billy Southworth was born on March 9, 1893 in Nebraska and grew up in Columbus Oh
In 1940, Southworth settled on a farm along Big Walnut Creek in Trenton Township. During his major league baseball career, Southworth posted a winning percentage of . . . — — Map (db m215855) HM
The Sharp family homes and their locations on N. State Street and Africa Road mark an important route through Westerville on the Underground Railroad. The family patriarch, Garrit Sharp, was an original settler of Sharp's Settlement, now . . . — — Map (db m171804) HM
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