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Yankee Trader began in 1940s as wholesale vendor to carnivals and fairs

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By Grace Freeman
| Yahoo Life Verified
The first mention of The Yankee Trader in The Columbus Dispatch listed the store's address as 655 West Broad St., and called on "Jobbers", "Wagon Men" and "Carnival Agents" to see their complete line of "horses, clocks, jewelry, knives, stuffed toys, lighters, watches, radios, etc." And if that doesn't sum up the next 60 years of business for the store, nothing else will. Yankee Trader began as a wholesale store selling novelty items for the carnival trade.
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Columbus has had a professional baseball team since at least 1875 Original

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By Grace Freeman
| USA Today Verified
May 10, 2026, 6:00 a.m. ET Professional baseball in Columbus dates back to at least 1875, when the Columbus Buckeyes team was Columbusā€™ local affiliate in the International Association for Professional Base Ball Players. They were followed by the Columbus Senators, who played their games at Recreation Park in German Village and Neil Park on Cleveland Avenue. The Senators had Columbusā€™ first Black baseball player in 1887, 50 years before Jackie Robinson integrated the Brooklyn Dodgers.
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Plans for a science center began in 1957, first 'COSI' opened in 1964 Original

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By Grace Freeman
| The Columbus Dispatch Verified
March 29, 2026, 6:00 a.m. ET “Pendulum Swings to Applause.” That was the headline in The Columbus Dispatch after the Center of Science and Industry, now known as COSI, first opened. In 1957, the Franklin County Historical Society and several local businesspeople began to envision a science center for central Ohio.
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