Sunday, December 14, 2008

Columbus Ohio


This is the Olentangy River. It was originally called keenhongsheconsepung, a Delaware word literally translated as "stone for your knife stream" based on the shale found along its shores. Early settlers to the region translated this into "Whetstone River." In 1833, the Ohio General Assembly passed legislation intending to restore the original Native American names to some Ohio waterways, but mistakenly gave Whetstone River the name "Olentangy"—Delaware for "river of the red face paint"—which had actually belonged to what is now known as Big Darby Creek.

Anyway, here is a photograph of the point where it passes through Columbus Ohio. We visited there last sunday. It is a nice place. More photos to come.
See ya

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