Since 1918, this installation, currently known as the Defense Supply Center, Columbus, has served the federal government as a procurement and distribution point for military supplies and equipment. Originally named the Columbus Quartermaster Reserve . . . — — Map (db m13101) HM
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The first airport in central Ohio, Norton Field was named for World War I pilot and star Ohio State University athlete Fred William Norton, a Columbus native. On July 2, 1918, Capt. Norton led the 27th “Eagle”Pursuit Squadron . . . — — Map (db m17414) HM
The Underground Railroad (UGRR) was neither underground nor a railroad, but a system of loosely connected safe havens where those escaping the brutal conditions of slavery were sheltered, fed, clothed, nursed, concealed, disguised, and instructed . . . — — Map (db m189451) HM
The National Road was built through central Ohio in the 1830’s.
Robert Brotherton of White Hall, England, purchased 156 acres
of land between Alum Creek and Big Walnut Creek in April 1838.
This rural property became the site of “Ye Olde . . . — — Map (db m96331) HM
