Looking Back – November 8

2008

Forty years after the Death Valley area of Columbus began its transformation into Mill Race Park, a plaque was dedicated in remembrance of the people who lived there in abject poverty and neglect.

1993

Local ministers and lay people celebrated the 25th anniversary of the Ecumenical Assembly of Bartholomew County Churches.

1968

An earth tremor, the first earthquake felt here since 1937, jolted buildings and frightened thousands of Hoosiers, including Columbus residents, shortly after noon.