Dallas Public Library

West Columbus, Sean V. Lehosit

eng

illustrations

no index present

non fiction

West Columbus

908915038

Sean V. Lehosit

Images of America

"Present-day West Columbus is a collective of neighborhoods born from the western banks of the Scioto River in what became Franklin County on April 30, 1803. The first settlement, Franklinton, was founded by Lucas Sullivant in 1797, platted two years after he received 6,000 acres in payment for surveying the central Ohio portion of the Virginia Military District. Later expansions included the areas of Sullivants Hill, Rome, and Camp Chase. While the first settlers were farmers and ex-soldiers, the land would also attract Quakers, rail men, real estate moguls, and manufacturers. The neighborhoods found success even though the Scioto River, which birthed the region, on multiple occasions threatened to wash them off the map during three great floods. Characterized by a hardworking and driven population, the community attracted major investments by the mid-1900s, including the expanded operations of the General Motors Fisher Body Plant."--Back cover

The early settlers: setting the stage for West Columbus -- Camp Chase: legacy of the Civil War -- Land use: transition from farmland to subdivisions -- Natural disasters: surviving the floods -- Transportation: trains, streetcars, and motorcycles -- Business and sports: moving into a new era -- Education: from a log cabin to largest district in Ohio -- Religion: a churchgoing community