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Gahanna & New Albany

Submitted by wcrsproducer on Fri, 01/03/2014 - 1:13am

4:38 minutes (4.24 MB)

This installment of "A Trip Around Columbus" takes us to the Northeast part of Franklin County. New Albany's original name was "Hope", when it was founded by William Yantis and Noble Landon in 1837. Gahanna comes from the Native American term "merging of the three creeks". This segment includes the neighborhood formerly known as Wonderland and Wexley, which was the launching pad for growth in New Albany behind Les Wexner.

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Clintonville/Beechwold

Submitted by wcrsproducer on Thu, 01/02/2014 - 11:01pm

4:12 minutes (3.85 MB)

In this installment of "A Trip Around Columbus", Clintonville was home to an amusement park (Olentangy Park), a famous Indian (Bill Moose), and Beechwold was the original home of the Columbus Zoo. Clintonville is also home to the Park of Roses.

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Worthington

Submitted by wcrsproducer on Tue, 12/31/2013 - 1:17pm

3:05 minutes (2.82 MB)

"A Trip Around Columbus", in this installment, takes us to Worthington, founded in 1803 by James Kilbourne. Settlers from Granby, Connecticut moved to Worthington in October 1803 and started building a community that has been going strong for over 200 years.

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Linden

Submitted by wcrsproducer on Tue, 12/31/2013 - 12:17pm

4:45 minutes (4.35 MB)

This installment of "A Trip Around Columbus" takes us to the Linden area, once known as Linden Heights, which was a prosperous neighborhood in the mid-20th century. This segment also mentions nearby communities of American Addition, Milo-Grogan, and Shepard.