First Schoolhouse
In 1864, the first brick school house was built at what is now College and Livingston.
The Opening of the National Road and the Turnpike Plank Road
The opening of the portion of the national Road (Main Street) connecting Zanesville with Columbus in 1833, and the building of the Turnpike Plank Road (Broad Street) connecting Granville with Columbus in 1852, created the groundwork for settlement of the Bexley area. Pioneers created farmlands from the lush forests. Homes,
Act of 1801 establishes boundaries of Refugee Tract
A tract of 103,527 acres was established by an acted dated February 18, 1801 for persons from British Canada who fled south to aid the American cause during the Revolutionary War. In Columbus, the Refugee Tract lies approximately between Fifth Avenue, on the north, and Refugee Road, on the south,
Treaty of Paris cedes Northwest Territory to Britain
In 1763, the territory that would become Ohio was ceded by France to Great Britain as part of the Treaty of Paris, which ended the French and Indian War. The English Proclamation of 1763 prohibited white settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains, however, this proclamation was widely ignored and the
Indigenous Cultures Along Alum Creek
As early as 1 AD, human life is known to have existed along Alum Creek, as evidenced by a prehistoric Adena Mound found here. Currently on display at the Historical Society are Adena artifacts from the mound unearthed by Mr. McCalla on his farm in 1880 – in the area
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