♪ ♪ >>> SOMETIMES WE LOSE VALUABLE PIECES OF HISTORY BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT RECORDED, NOT HANDED DOWN, OR THEY JUST CRUMBLE AWAY OVER TIME.

BUT SOMETIMES WE GET LUCKY, AND WHAT SEEMED TO BE LOST IS SUDDENLY FOUND.

THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED BACK IN 1989 AT THE BURNING TREE GOLF COURSE IN HEATH.

A CREW DIGGING A NEW POND UNCOVERED SOME BONES THAT WERE UNLIKE ANYTHING THEY HAD EVER SEEN BEFORE.

WHAT HAPPENED NEXT WAS AN ARCHAEOLOGIST'S DREAM, AND THE TEAM AT THE OHIO HISTORY CONNECTION WANTED TO SHARE THAT DISCOVERY.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> WE'RE AT THE OHIO HISTORY CONNECTION WHERE THEY HAVE A LOT OF COLLECTIONS THEY PUT IN STORAGE AND A LOT OF THE PUBLIC DOESN'T GET TO SEE THEM.

TODAY THEY'RE ALLOWING US TO COME INTO THE VAULT TO SEE ONE OF THEIR COLLECTIONS.

LET'S GO.

DAVE AND BRAD, I'M EXCITED ABOUT OUR COLLECTION TODAY.

WE'RE IN THE ANCIENT HISTORY SPACE, AND WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT HERE?

>> RIGHT HERE WE'RE LOOKING AT TEETH OF A MASTODON, AND A WOOLLY MAMMOTH.

>> ARE THESE REAL?

>> YES, THESE DATE PROBABLY 10 TO 14,000 YEARS OLD.

>> AND WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A MA MOTH AND A MASTODON?

>> A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK THAT -- THEY SEE A MASS DON SKELETON AND THINK IT'S A WOOLLY MAMMOTH, BUT THEY'RE DIFFERENT.

THESE TEETH HAVE REALLY ROUNDED CUSPS.

THAT'S A LOT DIFFERENT THAN YOU SEE ON THE TOOTH OF THE WOOLLY MAMMOTH WHICH HAS A FLAT GRINDING SURFACE.

SO THAT REFLEXES THE DIFFERENCE IN THEIR FOOD HABITS.

>> WAS THERE A DIFFERENCE IN SIZE?

>> YEAH, THE MASTODON GOT EIGHT TO TEN FEET TALL.

IF YOU SEE THE SKELETON WE HAVE ON EXHIBIT, IT'S ABOUT A TEN-FOOT MASTODON.

MAMMOTHS WERE TEN FEET, A LITTLE HIGHER.

KIND OF THE DIFFERENCE, YOU CAN SEE IT CLEARLY ON THE DIAGRAM.

MAMMOTHS HAVE A HIGH HUMP ON THEIR HEAD, A LONG, SLOPING BACK.

WHERE THE MASTODON HAS MORE OF A STRAIGHT BACK, IT DOESN'T HAVE THAT HIGHER HEAD LIKE THAT.

AND A MAMMOTH ALSO HAS LONGER TUSKS, LONGER, MORE CURVED TUSKS THAN THE MASTODON.

>> WHICH CAME FIRST, THE MAMMOTH OR THE MASTODON?

>> THAT'S AN INTERESTING QUESTION.

IT DEPENDS ON HOW FAR YOU WANT TO LOOK BACK AT THE EARLY ANCESTORS OF THESE TWO.

BUT THEY DIVERGED ABOUT 24 MILLION YEARS AGO.

SO YOU HAVE THIS EVOLUTIONARY LINE WHERE THE MASTODONS MERGE OFF TO THEIR OWN GROUP AND SEPARATED FROM THE ELEPHANTS, THE TWO ELEPHANTS.

SO MAMMOTHS AND MODERN ELEPHANTS ARE IN THE SAME FAMILY AND MASTODONS ARE IN THEIR OWN FAMILY.

>> WERE HUMANS AROUND AT THAT TIME?

WHO WAS LIVING HERE?

>> PEOPLE WERE CERTAINLY LIVING HERE AT THE SAME TIME AS BOTH OF THESE, AND THERE'S SOME GOOD EVIDENCE THAT THEY HUNTED THESE IN OHIO.

WE KNOW THEY HUNTED MAMMOTHS OUT ON THE PLAINS, AND MASTODONS AS FAR EAST AS MISSISSIPPI.

WE THINK THERE'S EVIDENCE THAT THE BURNING TREE MASTODON WAS HUNTED IN OHIO, AS WELL.

>> THESE AREN'T REAL, RIGHT?

>> THE ACTUAL BURNING TREE MASTODON SKELETON IS IN JOKE HAM -- YOKAHAMA, JAPAN, THE OLER SOLD IT.

THIS ONE JUST GOT RECENTLY DONATED TO US.

>> I KNOW THIS IS A SMALL PART OF WHAT YOU HAVE.

DON'T YOU HAVE MORE THAT YOU EXCAVATED TO SHOW US?

>> YES, INDEED.

>> ALL RIGHT.

WELL, LET'S GO.

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THIS IS A LOT OF BONES.

>> THESE ARE THE CAST BONES, REPLICA BONES OF THE BURNING TREE MASTODON.

>> CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE WHOLE EXCAVATION PROCESS?

HOW DID YOU FIND OUT ABOUT IT AND HOW DID YOU BECOME INVOLVED?

>> THE OHIO HISTORY CONNECTION WAS CALLED BY THE OWNER, WHO WAS EXCAVATING ON HIS GOLF COURSE TO EXPAND A NINE-HOLE GOLF COURSE TO 18 HOLES.

THIS WAS FOUND IN AN AREA THAT HAD PROBABLY BEEN A LAKE THAT HAD FILLED IN OVER THE YEARS, THE KETTLE LAKE, I THINK THAT'S WHAT GEOLOGISTS CALLED IT.

IT FILLED IN, BUT IT WAS STILL MUSHY.

THEY WERE DIGGING IT OUT AND HIT THESE BONES.

WE GOT A CALL THAT SAID, WE FOUND SOME BIG BONES, CAN SOMEBODY COME OUT AND LOOK AT THEM?

I ASSUMED IT WOULD BE A COW OR HORSE.

CAME OUT THE FIRST DAY, AND THE MASTODON SKULL WAS VISIBLE.

I WAS LIKE WOW, THIS IS AWESOME.

CAN YOU COVER IT BACK UP AND WE'LL BIG IT UP IN THE SPRING.

THE OWNER SAID NO, NOW OR I'M GOING TO DIG IT UP.

SO WE CAME OUT AND TOOK TWO DAYS TO REMOVE ALL THE BONES, BECAUSE IT WAS A NEARLY COMPLETE SKELETON.

WE MOVED THE BONES TO A LABORATORY FACILITY.

REALLY THE WHOLE COMMUNITY OF NEWARK CAME TOGETHER ON THIS, AND THE SCHOOL BOARD GAVE US WHAT HAD BEEN THE LICKING COUNTY TB SANITARIUM, WHICH THEY HAD JUST PURCHASED TO BE THEIR ADMINISTRATIVE CENTER.

THEY LET US USE THE LAUNDRY ROOM IN THE BASEMENT AS A LAB.

SO WE TRANSPORTED THE BONES FROM THE BURNING TREE MASTODON SITE TO THAT LAUNDRY ROOM, WHERE WE STORED THE BONES FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME, CURATING THEM, ROTATING THEM SO THEY WOULDN'T DEGRADE, PROCESSING, CATALOGING THEM.

>> SO THE OWNER GAVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO RESEARCH THEM.

HOW LONG DID THEY GIVE YOU?

>> THEY GAVE US TWO YEARS.

AT FIRST, WE DIDN'T KNOW HOW LONG, BUT HE LET US DO ANYTHING WE WANTED.

WE RADIO CARBON DATED THE BONES.

HE LET US DO THAT, AND LET US USE ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT SCHOLARS TO STUDY THE BONES AND THE SEDIMENTS DOWN WITH THE BONES.

SO THAT GAVE US A LOT TO LEARN ABOUT THIS ANIMAL.

WHAT IS HAVE YOU BEEN ABLE TO LEARN ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR MASTODON FROM STUDYING IT?

>> WELL, WE KNOW IT LIVED TO BE ABOUT 27 YEARS OLD, WHICH IS A YOUNG BUT MATURE MALE.

WE THINK IT DIED UNDER SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES.

IT MAY HAVE DIED OF NATURAL CAUSES, BUT PROBABLY NOT.

IT HAD A FULL STOMACH, IT DIED IN EARLY WINTER, LATE FALL.

WE KNOW THAT FROM THE GROWTH RINGS OF THE TUSKS.

THAT'S ALSO HOW WE KNOW THE AGE.

IT WASN'T A PERIOD -- PART OF THE YEAR THAT WAS VERY STRESSFUL FOR MASTODONS.

SO YOUNG, MATURE, HEALTHY, PROBABLY SHOULD.

HAVE DIED AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME.

IT LEAVES US TO THE CONCLUSION THAT IT WAS PROBABLY KILLED BY ANCIENT INDIGENOUS AMERICAN INDIANS THE ARCHAEOLOGISTS REFER TO AS PAILIO INDIANS.

>> HOW LONG DO THEY TYPICALLY LIVE?

>> THEY LIVED TO BE 60 OR 70 YEARS OLD, LIKE ELEPHANTS PROBABLY.

THOSE WOULD BE REALLY OLD ANIMALS.

SO THIS IS A YOUNG, MATURE MALE.

>> SO THERE ARE A LOT OF PARTS HERE.

CAN YOU POINT OUT WHAT SOME ARE?

>> LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT A COUPLE OF BONES.

>> WELL, THIS IS A FOOT.

THIS IS AN ARTICULATED FOOT WHERE THEY PUT THE CAST TOGETHER TO MAKE ONE COMPLETE FOOT.

THIS IS A HIND FOOT.

THIS IS ACTUALLY THE HEEL BONE.

>> WHAT I REALLY LIKE TOO, A LOT OF TIMES ON TOURS WE'LL SHOW THIS TO PEOPLE AND SAY, DO YOU KNOW WHAT BONE THAT?

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IT'S ACTUALLY THE KNEECAP.

AND ALL SORTS OF OTHER BONES, LIKE THE SHOULDER BLADE.

WE HAVE THE ONA, ONE OF THE BONES IN THE FOREARM HERE.

AND THESE ARE PRETTY OBVIOUS, THESE ARE THE TUSKS OF THE ANIMAL.

IF THIS WAS A WOOLLY MAMMOTH, THIS TUSK WOULD BE 12 FEET LONG AND HAVE MUCH MORE OF A CURVE.

THIS IS THE SKULL.

THIS IS WHAT WAS ORIGINAL FIRST FOUND WHEN THEY WERE EXCAVATING THE SITE, THEY HIT THE -- THE BACKHOE OPERATOR HIT THE SKULL, AND YOU CAN SEE ALL THE TEETH THERE.

>> THIS IS THE RING FINGER OF THE LEFT HAND.

THERE'S A TENDON THAT RUNS ALONG HERE THAT HELPS YOU MOVE YOUR FINGERS AND THINGS, AND THERE ARE CUT MARKS, CLEAR THINGS THAT WE DETERMINE AS CUT MARKS, VERY NARROW, DEEP INCISIONS THAT DAN FISHER, A PALEONTOLOGIST FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, HE HELPED US STUDY THIS MASTODON.

HE CONCLUDED THAT THIS WAS PROBABLY USED PERHAPS TO KILL THE MASTODON AND SLICE IT TO REMOVE THAT TENDON, AND THEN THE TOES WOULD HAVE BEEN PULLED OFF WITH THE HIDE.

SO MANY OF THE TOE WES DON'T HAVE FROM THE ANIMAL.

WE THINK THOSE MIGHT HAVE GONE WITH THE HIDE, AND THE BONES WERE BROUGHT TO THE LAKE THEN, DEPOSITED IN THE LAKE IN THREE SEPARATE PILES, PROBABLY FOR USE AS AN ICE-AGE MEAT FREEZER.

>> WHEN THEY FIND SOMETHING THAT IS ON YOUR OWN PROPERTY, IS THERE A LAW IN PLACE THAT YOU HAVE TO GIVE IT TO SOMEONE, OR IS IT YOURS?

>> IF IT'S FOUND ON YOUR PROPERTY, IT'S YOUR POSSESSION, AND NOBODY FROM THE STATE OR ANYBODY ELSE CAN COME IN AND TAKE THINGS.

AS LONG AS IT'S NOT HUMAN REMAINS, IT'S YOUR PROPERTY.

>> HAVE WE LEARNED EVERYTHING WE CAN FROM WHAT WE HAVE COLLECTED SO FAR, IS THERE MORE TO LEARN?

>> THERE'S ALWAYS MORE TO LEARN.

I AM LOOKING AT ANY OF THESE ANCIENT ANIMALS AND THE HISTORY OF THE ICE AGE, EACH FIND IS LIKE A PUZZLE PIECE.

SO WE ARE TRYING TO GET A COMPLETE PICTURE OF WHAT THE ANIMALS WERE, HOW THEY LIVED, HOW THEY DIED, HOW DOES THE CLIMATE RELATE TO THEIR DEMISE?

AND A NUMBER OF RESEARCH INTERESTS.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING THE STORY OF THIS MASTODON.

IT FILLS IN A LOT OF ANCIENT HISTORY FOR PEOPLE, AND I HOPE IT MAKES THEM CURIOUS ABOUT WHERE WE CAME FROM AND WHATS WITH HERE BEFORE.

SO THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR INFORMATION.

>> THANK YOU FOR COMING TODAY.

>> THANK YOU.

>>> COMPARED TO PREHISTORIC TIMES, YOU WOULDN'T THINK COLUMBUS HAS LOST MUCH HISTORY SINCE THE 1950s.

BUT THE 1952 HISTORIC LANDMARKS BROCHURE SHOWS QUITE A FEW NOTABLE SITES THAT DON'T EXIST ANYMORE, EXCEPT ON PAPER.

ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN JEFF DARBEE DECIDED TO CHECK OUT A FEW OF THESE PLACES FOR HIMSELF.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> IN THE 1953 HANDBOOK THAT THE FRANKLIN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY PUT OUT, THERE WERE ALL KINDS OF LOCAL LAND MARKS.

SOME STILL EXIST, OTHERS DON'T.

WE'RE GOING TO VIZ IT ONE WHERE THE BUILDING ISN'T AROUND BUT WE CAN STILL LEARN THINGS ABOUT FRANKLINTON AND THE HISTORY OF OUR CITY.

OKAY, DOREEN.

HERE WE ARE ON WEST BROAD STREET.

A ROARING FREEWAY BEHIND US.

SO WHAT ARE WE SEEING HERE?

>> THAT'S HISTORY.

NOT MANY CITIES TAKE THE TIME TO TEAR DOWN THE HOME OF THEIR CITY'S FOUNDER EXCEPT IN COLUMBUS.

IN THE 1950s, IT WAS STILL A LANDMARK TO COME BY HERE.

THERE WAS A PLAQUE ON THE BOLD THEY ARE IS BEHIND ME THAT EXPLAINS ALL THIS.

>> THIS WAS LUCAS SULLIVAN TOWN?

>> YOU CAME TO THIS AREA AS A SURVEYOR FOR THE U.S. GOVERNMENT AFTER THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, FOR WHICH HE WAS BURIED ON HIS OWN LAND.

FRANKLINTON WAS FOUNDED IN 19 -- 1797, AND HE WENT BACK TO KENTUCKY TO MARRY A YOUNG WOMAN, THAT CAME AND JOINED HIM HERE.

FOR HER, HE BUILT A BEAUTIFUL BRICK HOUSE.

THE HOUSE WAS HERE FOR THE LIFE OF THE SULLIVAN FAMILY, BUT FOR THE LAST 100 YEARS, THE FAMILY DISBURSED.

IT WAS GIVEN TO THE SISTERS OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD.

THEY RAN A CONVENT ESSENTIALLY FOR TROUBLED GIRLS.

THE SISTERS LASTING HERE FOR A HUNDRED YEARS IN THE HOME.

AND THERE WAS A WOMAN WHO WAS A REAL ADVOCATE FOR KEEPING THE SULLIVAN HOUSE.

HER NAME WAS FERN.

HER FAMILY DATED BACK TO THE SETTLEMENT OF FRANKLIN COUNTY.

SHE SPOKE ABOUT SAVE THING AS A PARK.

SHE TRIED TO CONVINCE THE CITY PARKS AND RECREATION, THEY SAID NO.

THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY RIGHT OFF, AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT GAVE $595,000 TO GET THE HOUSE TO ESSENTIALLY KNOCK IT DOWN AND RELOCATE THE SISTERS TO ANOTHER TOWNSHIP.

>> THIS PROPERTY FROM THE 1953 BOOKLET ARE STILL STANDING.

LET'S SEE SOME OF THOSE.

>> WHAT WE TAKE AWAY FROM HERE, PRESERVATION DID CHANGE AFTER THE '60s AND THE '70s.

THIS IS A GOOD REMINDER THAT THEY'RE STILL IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER.

>> LET'S GO HAVE A LOOK.

♪ ♪ >>> WE'RE HERE IN DOWNTOWN COLUMBUS IN FRANKLINTON.

THERE'S SOME SIGNIFICANT LANDMARKS STILL STANDING.

ONE OF MY FAVORITES IS THE TOLEDO AND CENTRAL OHIO RAILROAD STATION BUILT IN THE 1890s.

TODAY IT IS THE HEADQUARTERS FOR THE FIREFIGHTER'S UNION.

WHAT ELSE WOULD YOU ADD, DOREEN?

>> WE'RE COMING DOWN TO THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN WHERE, OF COURSE, BUILDINGS LIKE THIS HAVE BEEN HERE, WHICH IS COMING UP ON THE LEFT.

AND THEN ON THE RIGHT, THE WYANDOTTE BUILDING, WHICH WAS ONE OF THE FIRST SKYSCRAPERS IN COLUMBUS.

>> LET'S SEE, WE'RE PASSING THE EMPIRE BUILDING, AN OFFICE BUILDING DOWNTOWN, AND THE CATHEDRAL IS COMING UP ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF BROAD STREET.

COMING UP ON OUR LEFT IS THE FRANKLIN COUNTY MEMORIAL HALL.

PEOPLE MAY REMEMBER THIS AS THE HEADQUARTERS OF COSI BEFORE IT MOVED.

ON THE RIGHT, THIS IS THE SENECA HOTEL, WHICH WAS A HOTEL THAT LASTED UNTIL THE 1960s AS A HOTEL, BECAME HEADQUARTERS OF THE OHIO EPA, AND HAS SINCE BEEN REDONE AS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF REUSE OF A HISTORIC BUILDING AS APARTMENTS.

SO THERE'S A LOT TO BE PROUD OF, OF THINGS THAT WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED IN SAVING IMPORTANT LANDMARKS AND KEEPING THE CHARACTER OF THE CITY IN TACT.

WILL THE IN THE 1953 BOOK WAS THE MUSEUM OF ART.

IT WAS KNOWN AS THE COLUMBUS GALLERY OF FINE ARTS, AND NOW IT'S THE COLUMBUS MUSEUM OF ART.

IT'S A WONDERFUL CULTURAL INSTITUTION.

DOREEN, WE HAVE SEEN SOME SITES WITH WELL-PRESERVED HISTORIC BUILDINGS.

WHAT ELSE SHOULD WE HAVE A LOOK AT HERE IN COLUMBUS?

>> WELL, TURNING OFF BROAD STREET AND HEADING NORTH ON CLEVELAND AVENUE, WE'RE ACTUALLY COMING TO A SITE THAT WAS VERY POPULAR FOR PEOPLE IN THE '50s AND '60s TO VISIT.

AND THAT IS FT. HAYES, WHICH WAS A MILITARY BASE ACTUALLY SINCE THE 19th CENTURY, SINCE AROUND THE CIVIL WAR.

BY THE '50s AND '60s, PEOPLE WOULD HAVE HAD ONE THOUGHT IN MIND, AND THAT IS WORLD WAR II AND THE KOREAN WAR.

THIS IS A PLACE THAT AFFECTED THEIR LIVES.

THIS IS WHERE THEY HAD LOVED ONES.

>> HERE WE ARE, FT. HAYES MEL POLL TAN SENT -- METROPOLITAN CENTER.

>> GREAT TO SEE YOU.

THIS IS JEFF DARBEE.

>> AND ERIC EAST, THIS IS HIS CLASSROOM.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY.

YOU WERE PART OF A LONG CHAIN OF LANDMARKS IN COLUMBUS THAT PEOPLE WANTED TO ALWAYS GET INTO.

SO THERE WERE GUIDE BOOKS WRITTEN IN THE '20s, BUT ONE WE'RE FOCUSING ON IS IN THE '50s.

WE'RE WONDERING IF YOU MIGHT HAVE HAD THOUGHTS WHY THIS WAS SO IMPORTANT IN THE '50s FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE A CONNECTION TO IT TO SEE WITH THEIR OWN EYES.

>> IN MY EXPERIENCE, WE HAVE BEEN CONTACTED BY COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO HAVE SPENT TIME HERE IN THE SERVICE.

FAMILY MEMBERS, SURVIVORS, AND IN FACT, THIS WAS AN ACTIVE MILITARY POST UP UNTIL ABOUT 2008.

AND STUDENTS LEARNED HERE ALONGSIDE REGULAR AND RESERVE ARMY SOLDIERS GOING TO AND FROM THE MIDDLE EAST.

I BELIEVE THE POST WAS STARTING TO BE DECOMMISSIONED BY THE END OF THE VIETNAM CAR.

SO POST 1975, THEY STARTED DECOMMISSIONING THE PLACE.

IT WENT INTO SURPLUS.

IT WASN'T LONG AFTER THAT, THAT THE POST WAS SOLD TO COLUMBUS PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND A CAREER CENTER AND A SMALL ART BASED ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL WAS OPENED HERE IN BETWEEN 1978 AND '88.

THE HIGH SCHOOL OFFICIALLY OPENED IN 1988.

I BELIEVE THE FIRST GRADUATES WERE 1992, AND WE'VE BEEN GOING STRONG EVER SINCE.

>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT FASCINATES ME ABOUT THIS, THERE ARE VARIOUS PARTS ON FT. HAYES WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE CIVIL WAR.

THE MAJORITY OF THE BUILDINGS COME IN AROUND THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR, AND SO THE SPACE THAT WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW, CAN YOU TELL US HOW THIS SPACE WAS USED AND AM I CORRECT THAT IT'S ABOUT 1890s?

>> YES.

WE DETERMINED THAT MANY OF THE BUILDINGS, THE BRICK BUILDINGS YOU'LL SEE AT THE POST NOW, MANY OF THEM, NOT ALL, DATE TO AROUND THE TIME OF THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR.

SO LATE 1890s, EARLY 1900s, THIS BUILDING INCLUDED.

THIS BUILDING WOULD HAVE BEEN A NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICER'S BARRACKS TO THE SOUTH OF US.

THAT WAS THE ACTUAL BARRACKS HOUSE FOR THE BUCK PRIVATES AND THE NEW RECRUITS.

>> AND THAT'S KIND OF INTERESTING TOO, BECAUSE WHEN WE DROVE IN, WE SAW A LOT OF OPEN-END SPACE.

THERE WERE A LOT MORE BUILDINGS AT ONE POINT.

I NOTICED THERE IS A MODEL BUILT BY A VETERAN, WASN'T IT, A SOLDIER?

>> THIS MAP YOU SEE BEHIND ME WAS MADE BY A SOLDIER THAT WAS STATIONED HERE, AND IT HUNG IN THE POST COMMANDING OFFICER'S OFFICE.

THIS IS WHAT THE POST WOULD HAVE LOOKED LIKE CIRCA 1960.

I HAVE IT HANGING IN MY ROOM, BECAUSE THERE ARE POINTS ON THE MAP THAT THEY RECOGNIZE, AND THEN THEY LOOK CLOSER AND THEY SEE BUILDINGS THAT ARE NO LONGER THERE, REPRESENTED IN THE MAP.

AND IT MAKES FOR AN INTERESTING CONVERSATION, AND AN ENTRYWAY INTO THE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THIS PLACE.

I'M AN AMERICAN HISTORY TEACHER.

I TEACH U.S. HISTORY, AND I TEACH ABOUT THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR.

THE STUDENTS FIND IT PARTICULARLY INTERESTING WHEN I SAY THE VERY ROOM YOU'RE SITTING IN RIGHT NOW WAS A PLACE WHERE SOLDIERS LIVED AND WORKED.

THE ICONIC SHOP TOWER, THE BUILDING THAT THIS PLACE IS MOST KNOWN FOR, DATES BACK TO THE CIVIL WAR.

IT HAS THAT INSTITUTIONAL MILITARY LOOK.

IT'S UNMISTAKABLE.

I THINK THAT LOOK LENDS AN AIR OF PERMANENCE AND I THINK IMPORTANCE TO THIS PLACE THAT REALLY YOU ONLY FIND IN THE GRAND OLD SCHOOLHOUSES OF THE 1920s AND EARLY 20th CENTURY.

SO, YOU KNOW, I'M GRATEFUL TO BE WORKING HERE FOR THAT REASON, ESPECIALLY AS AN AMERICAN HISTORY TEACHER.

>> THANK YOU FOR INVITING US, ERIC.

>> ERIC, THANK YOU FOR THE LEGACY YOU'RE KEEPING HERE AND THE WAY YOU'RE TRANSMITTING THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS PLACE TO THE STUDENTS YOU TEACH.

>> MY PLEASURE.

♪ ♪ >>> SOMETIMES YOU CAN FIND TREASURES IN THE MOST RANDOM PLACES.

FOR INSTANCE, HOW ABOUT FINDING AN EXPENSIVE PHOTO COLLECTION IN A BARN?

THAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED, AND LORAINE WILMERS FROM THE COLUMBUS METROPOLITAN LIBRARY SHARED MORE ABOUT THAT STORY.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> WE ARE LOOKING AT A PICTURE OF ELIZABETH AND EDMOND ARRAS.

THEY ARE IN THEIR BACKYARD AT 1653 BRYDEN ROAD.

THEY LIVED THERE FROM ABOUT 1914 UNTIL ABOUT 1920.

WE RECEIVED THIS COLLECTION AS A DONATION.

SOMEONE FOUND IT IN A BARN IN GROVE CITY.

THE BARN HAD FLOODED AND SEVERAL OF THE IMAGES HAD STUCK TOGETHER OR WERE DAMAGED.

SO WE TOOK IT UPON OURSELVES TO TRY AND PRESERVE AS MUCH AS WE COULD FROM THE COLLECTION.

EDMOND ARRAS WAS BORN IN DAYTON IN 1875.

WE THINK AROUND IN HIS TEENS, HIS FAMILY MOVED TO COLUMBUS, AND HE ATTENDED CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL.

HE WENT ON TO GO TO THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY TO STUDY LAW IN 1891.

TO HELP PAY FOR SCHOOL, HE STARTED HIS OWN RENTAL AGENCY, AND WHEN HE FINALLY GRADUATED IN 1896, HE ONLY PRACTICED LAW FOR FOUR YEARS BECAUSE HIS RENTAL AGENCY TOOK OFF.

IN 1897, HEMARRIED ELIZABETH FARLEY.

HE WAS INVOLVED IN THE SUNDAY SCHOOL ASSOCIATION, WHICH TOOK THEM TO EUROPE IN 1913 FOR THE WORLD SUNDAY SCHOOL ORGANIZATION MEETING.

IT WAS IN ZURICH, SWITZERLAND, BUT THEY ALSO TOOK A FEW MONTHS OUT OF THEIR BUSY LIVES TO TRAVEL EUROPE.

HE WOULD TAKE PHOTOS OF THE MAPS OF WHERE HE WAS TRAVELING, AND THEN MARK ALL OF THE SPOTS AND THE ROUTE THEY TOOK TO GET THERE.

WHAT'S SO IMPORTANT ABOUT THAT IS HE TOOK MANY PHOTOS OF THE CITIES BEFORE WORLD WAR I.

SO WE HAVE IMAGES OF THINGS THAT NO LONGER EXIST BECAUSE OF THE WAR.

SO THEN EDMOND WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT OF KWANIS INTERNATIONAL IN 1923.

THAT TOOK HE AND ELIZABETH ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

THEY VISITED EVERY STATE THAT WAS A STATE THEN EXCEPT FOR HAS KA.

AND ALL OF THE PROVINCES IN CANADA.

HE TOOK HIS CAMERA WITH HIM AND RECORDED THAT TRIP, SO WE HAVE SEVERAL IMAGES OF YELLOW STONE NATIONAL PARK, THE GRAND CANYON.

HE NOT ONLY TOOK PICTURES FROM OUTSIDE BUT PICTURES OF THING WHERE IS THEY STAYED, SO THIS IS THE LOUNGE IN YELLOW STONE NATIONAL PARK AT THAT TIME.

EDMOND PASSED AWAY IN 1951.

HE LEFT ELIZABETH THE RENTAL AGENCY, WHICH SHE RAN UNTIL HER DEATH IN 1969.

THE COLLECTION WE HAVE CONSISTS OF OVER 4,000 NEGATIVES AND PHOTOGRAPHS.

MIND IT ON MY HISTORY.

HE HAS HIS OWN COLLECTION THERE.

>> THANKS FOR BEING WITH US, AND REMEMBER, YOU CAN CATCH ALL OF OUR EPISODES ON YOUTUBE OR COLUMBUSNEIGHBORHOODS.ORG.

PLUS, SEE OUR STORIES ON THE WOSU MOGUL APP AND FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

WE'LL SEE YOU BACK HERE NEXT WEEK ON "COLUMBUS NEIGHBORHOODS."

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