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The neighborhood comprised a 25-block area west of Neil Avenue, east of the Olentangy River, and south to a nearby industrial district along the Scioto River. The name "Flytown" resulted from homes which "flew up over night".
Flytown was democracy’s melting pot for the city of Columbus. But even more important it became known as a port-of-entry for the immigrant settlers of Central Ohio. New arrivals found friends and relatives who guided them through the initial steps of becoming naturalized Americans.
Feb 15, 2021 · Today, it’d be called a “low-income neighborhood.” But Flytown was home, a place of happiness for so many, a source of refuge for immigrants and Blacks escaping the Jim Crow south.
Feb 25, 2021 · As for the name of why Flytown was created, it was because just as quickly as the houses went up, they came down. The houses in Flytown fell apart easily and there were many...
- Stephanie Stanavich
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Flytown was located on the northern most section of Gibson County, Tennessee, a small area lying north of the Obion River's South Fork that will later be swapped to Weakley County for a portion of Weakley County situated south of the Obion River at China Grove.
Flytown was democracy's melting pot for the city of Columbus. But even more important it became known as a "port of entry" for the immigrant settlers of Central Ohio. New arrivals found friends and relatives, who guided them through the initial steps of becoming naturalized Americans.
May 11, 2011 · When Columbus was a small Midwestern capital city of several hundred residents, the poor lived along the river or near one of the ravines created by creeks passing through the downtown while the...
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