1834    Ohio Penitentiary founded. 1870    The Ohio State University founded. 1878    Columbus Museum of Art founded (as Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts). 1929    Writer Chester Himes enters Ohio Pen. 1930    Ohio Pen fire kills over 300 inmates. 1934    Chester Himes’ short story about the Ohio Pen fire (“To What Red Hell?”) from the perspective of … Continue reading Our Local Debt of Time: Annotated Chronology