History

Circleville, Ohio was established over 200 years ago, but the land where it sits has a cultural history that goes back much further.Cassandra Welch wrote…

Columbus’s historic German Village neighborhood certainly has its fair share of stately mansions, but the area is better known for its small “cozy” brick…

The 1.5 million-year-old fossils of human ancestors recently unearthed in Ethiopia show sophistication in behaviors and tool use, said the Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) researchers who found them, despite one example having the smallest cranium of any specimen found in Africa to date. One Homo erectus female cranium found is a little less than half the size of our brains, said CWRU anatomy professor Scott Simpson, who worked with the team that discovered the fossils.

The names given to towns, buildings, and streets can often indicate a lot about a community's history. It can also reveal some unsettling…

Wikipedia is a well-known first stop on the internet when it comes to researching just about anything - except, perhaps, notable women. Not only are 84%...

Statues of men can be found all over Columbus. If you're looking for a statue of a woman, you can find those as well. But more often than not, those sculptures have titles like “Mother” or “Peace.” They take inspiration from the female form, rather than real-life women.

The debate for reparations for African Americans and the descendants of slaves is one that has persisted since the official end of slavery with the…

The next time you make a pit stop along the Ohio Turnpike, you can also get a little history lesson. Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine unveiled Underground Railroad historical markers at two Ohio Turnpike rest areas Wednesday. The first unveiling was at the Commodore Perry Service Plaza, an eastbound service stop in Clyde. The second was at the Portage Service Place, a westbound service stop in Mantua. Both locations were chosen because of ties to the Underground Railroad.

Four hundred years ago, slavery officially began in America.It started with the sale of 20 humans in Virginia. According to the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade…

The Veterans of Foreign Wars Ohio Department is holding their mid-winter conference in Columbus this weekend. As hundreds of vets milled about during…