Women's Columbus Ohio Varsity TeeWelcome to the heart of Ohio Country, the name originating from the French, who first colonized what became Columbus. The much coveted land central to northern fur trade in the 18th century ignited endless rowsincluding the French and Indian War. Eventually in 1797, the late, great Lucas Sullivant, ever the frontiersman, twice settled the land along the Olentangy and Scioto Rivers, surviving a havoc wreaking flood to found Franklinton, Ohio, and the