In 2014, a Columbus man raised more than $50,000 on Kickstarter to make a potato salad.
You might not remember that, though it was one of those delightful stories made for the mid-2010s internet, pushed to virality via Buzzfeed and the Facebook algorithm of old.
You probably do remember − or have heard tell of − the sniper that wreaked havoc on I-270 in late 2003, and the ensuing manhunt.
The late 2022 disappearance of the Thomas twins, a tragic story that included a joyous discovery before an unfortunate end, likely sticks in the heads of many Columbus residents who remember the Christmastime search for the missing babies.
Those events are among 25 Dispatch journalists have the spent the past few months digging into, preparing our new series that launches June 1: The Columbus Chronicles.
We’ve found major players from some of the most memorable events of the past 25 years, gathering updates on where they are now and the impact of their 15 minutes of Columbus-area fame. Other features in the series will serve as a reminder of a delightful, intriguing or otherwise unusual event that colored the first quarter of the 21st century in Columbus, Ohio.
Who doesn’t enjoy looking back at the great Bishop Sycamore saga?
We’ll publish one story a day for the next 25. Enjoy the series, and feel free to let us know which major events you feel we left out.
This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: Columbus history, revisited. Go back in time The Columbus Chronicles
Reporting by Eleanor Kennedy, Columbus Dispatch / The Columbus Dispatch
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