Tucked inside the Illges Gallery in downtown Columbus, centuries of our nation’s history are on display. Maps from the J.

Randolph’s executor, William Leigh, settled on Ohio’s Mercer County, and bought roughly 3,200 acres near a fledgling Black community in a town called Carthagena. But when the Freedpeole arrived, a ...

Born Feb. 14, 1812, Columbus has gone from a simple settlement to Ohio’s largest city in its 213 years. Franklinton, named for Benjamin Franklin, was the first permanent settlement in central Ohio, ...