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Articles Which I've Initiated

I live in Central Ohio and am interested in local history. Sometimes my interests wander to railroads as well.

Articles I've made substantial contributions to

  • Alum Creek - Added the section about potential dam failure that was discovered in 1975 and rectified over the next five years with a complex and expensive retrofit. I'll bet all those people living downstream never even knew...
  • Ameriflora - came up with some slides on E-Bay. Wish I had gone but I didn't care about flowers back then. My loss. In fact, nobody in Columbus cared either. Hence, Ameriflora's loss (of money). I don't think high culture works in a city that thinks "Earl Pitts" on WTVN 610 is the funniest thing they've ever heard. Pitts off.
  • Cincinnati and Lake Erie Railroad
  • Columbus Dispatch - Used to get up at 5am every morning from 1977-79 delivering the Citizen Journal, which was published at the Dispatch printing plant. The Dispatch back then was the afternoon paper. The Dispatch killed off the CJ in the 80's and switched to a morning format. Now they don't even let kids deliver newspapers anymore only adults.
  • Jeffrey Frankel - I could care less but someone put this article up as a "one sentence wonder" which I can't stand. If you care enough to start an article, I think you could at least muster a paragraph or two. Well, we mustn't be too harsh, American Wikipedians are a product of our educational system...
  • Interstate 270 (Ohio)
  • Lead Paint - "refresh your home with White Lead paint!" I love it.
  • Little Miami Railroad
  • Ohio and Erie Canal - I came across a book from the early 1900's that gave a great history. Kiddies writing book reports couldn't do better than consult this article.
  • Ohio State Fair - This article is a hopeless mess and needs a total rewrite. I tried to fix it once but you know what - you can't polish a turd. Its a great topic near and dear to my heart, so I hope to return to it soon.
  • Ohio Statehouse
  • Toledo, Port Clinton and Lakeside Railway
  • USS Ohio (BB-12) - there I was at the Ohio Historical Society and what did I behold, but the very bell from this very ship. A digital pic was promptly added to the article.
  • Westgate, Columbus, Ohio - my wife grew up here. This section needs lots of work. On the to-do list...
  • Wills Creek (Ohio) - how about that 2005 flood? Since they built the flood control projects starting in 1938, Ohio has never come closer to losing one or more dams than they did on January 14th, 2005.
  • Worthington, Ohio - I wrote all of the history section. Still needs more work.
  • Xenia, Ohio