History Hound Travels

Kindergarten, that is. Did you know that the first kindergarten in the United States was started by German settlers in Columbus Ohio? I didn’t either, and that’s not the only little tidbit I picked up this morning. I needed to find some info on locksmith Columbus and found all this, too:

• Over 2,000 Confederate Soldiers are buried at what was Camp Chase. This Civil War base housed 26,000 Northern soldiers and over 8,000 Confederate prisoners of war.
• Columbus was once known as the buggy capital of the world because of all the buggy manufacturers located there, including the Columbus Buggy Company, which was founded in 1875 by C.D. Firestone. You recognize that name, I’m sure.
• Columbus was once served by at least eight railroad lines, but now has no rail service at all. It’s famous Union Station was razed in 1979 to make way for the Greater Columbus Convention Center.
• Wendy’s and White Castle both started in Columbus.

Umm, yeah. Now that you mention it, I do have a problem with getting sidetracked. But I know a lot of neat stuff!

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