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Clinton League Memory Book
Description: Photograph showing a section of Walhalla Ravine (now Walhalla Road) in the Clintonville neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio. The ravine got its name from Mathias Armbruster, an early settler in the neighborhood who lived at the intersection of Walhalla and North High Street. Armbruster was a native of Germany whose interest in Norse mythology inspired the name of the ravine (after the paradise reserved for Norse warriors killed in battle) as well as several other streets in the vicinity. This image was included in a "Memory Book" compiled by Mrs. H. V. Cottrell, historian for the Clinton League (sometimes called the Clinton Welfare League) from 1938-1943. The book shows the development of the Clintonville neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio, and records the history of the League. The Clinton League was a women's group founded in 1912 to promote child welfare and later general welfare in Columbus, but which was based in and primarily focused on the area of Clintonville. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P285_MB1_032
Subjects: Clintonville (Ohio); Clinton League; Women--Charities; Columbus (Ohio)--History;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)