Columbus Square

Near this point the Darien & Western Railroad

reached its terminus in 1895 after six years

of construction. Trains arrived daily at

Columbus Square then turned around for a

return trip to Tattnall County. The D&W

later became the Georgia Coast & Piedmont

and a depot ...

Grand Turk: The Original Columbus Landfall ?

The exact location of Christopher Columbus' first landfall in the New World in 1492 has been debated for centuries. Columbus' original journal of his first voyage to the New World is lost, and we will likely never know for sure.

Recent ...

The Underground Railroad / Black Conductors of Columbus

The Underground Railroad was neither underground nor a

railroad, but a system of loosely connected safe havens

where those escaping the brutal conditions of slavery

were sheltered, fed, clothed, nursed, concealed, disguised,

and instructed during their journey to freedom. Although

this movement was one of ...

The Columbus Senators

1900-1930

The Senators played their home games at Neil Park at the corner of Cleveland and Buckingham Avenues. The wooden structure was replaced in 1905 with the first concrete and steel stadium. Cleveland and Detroit played home games at Neil ...

The Negro Leagues in Columbus

1900, 1908, 1921, 1930, 1932-33, 1935

Columbus' Negro League teams were the Black Tourists (1900, 1908), the Buckeyes (1921), the Keystones (1930), the Turfs (1932), the Blue Birds (1933), and the Elite Giants (1935). Most Columbus Negro League home games ...

The Columbus Buckeyes

1883-84, 1889-91

Columbus' first major league club played their home games at Recreation Park located at the intersection of Mound Street and Parsons Avenue. The park was one of the first in the country to have both a grass infield ...

Columbus' First Professional Game

April 25, 1876

Columbus' first professional game was played on the Base Ball Grounds, located between the old Union Depot train station and High Street, on April 25, 1876. The Columbus Buckeyes defeated the famous Milfords 11-0. The Buckeyes and ...