Columbian
Encyclopedia
Columbian is the adjective form of Columbia.
Columbian can refer to:
Historically, Columbian also can refer to:
Columbian can refer to:
- Columbian High School (Tiffin, Ohio)Columbian High School (Tiffin, Ohio)Columbian High School is a public high school in Tiffin, Ohio. It is the only high school in the Tiffin City School District. Their nickname is the Tornadoes.They are members of the N.O.L...
- The ColumbianThe ColumbianThe Columbian is a daily newspaper for Vancouver, Washington and Clark County in Washington State in the United States. The paper was published for its first decade as a four page daily that was meant as a counterweight to the local Republican newspaper The Independent. Printer Tom Carolan began...
, the U.S. daily newspaper published in Vancouver, Washington - The Columbian OratorThe Columbian OratorFirst appearing in 1797, The Columbian Orator, a collection of political essays, poems, and dialogues, was widely used in American schoolrooms in the first quarter of the nineteenth century to teach reading and speaking. Many of the speeches included in the anthology celebrated "republican" virtues...
, a collection of political essays, poems, and dialogues - The Columbian TheatreThe Columbian TheatreThe Columbian Theatre is a richly historic music hall from the turn of the 20th century located in Wamego, Kansas.-Early history:This music hall was built in 1893 by J. C. Rogers, a Wamego banker...
, a music hall in northeastern Kansas - Columbian Sharp-tailed GrouseColumbian Sharp-tailed GrouseThe Columbian Sharp-tailed Grouse is a subspecies of Sharp-tailed Grouse native to the Western United States and British Columbia.-Description:...
- Anything pertaining to the Knights of ColumbusKnights of ColumbusThe Knights of Columbus is the world's largest Catholic fraternal service organization. Founded in the United States in 1882, it is named in honor of Christopher Columbus....
, (i.e. Columbian values)
Historically, Columbian also can refer to:
- American (word), or an early alternative name for inhabitants of the United States
- Columbian IssueColumbian IssueThe Columbian Issue, often simply called the Columbians, is a set of 16 postage stamps issued by the United States to mark the 1893 World Columbian Exposition held in Chicago...
, a set of U.S. postage stamps marking the 1893 World Columbian Exposition - Columbian (B&O train), a passenger train operated by Baltimore and Ohio Railroad until 1971
- Columbian (MILW train), a passenger train which operated from 1911 to 1955
- World's Columbian ExpositionWorld's Columbian ExpositionThe World's Columbian Exposition was a World's Fair held in Chicago in 1893 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World in 1492. Chicago bested New York City; Washington, D.C.; and St...
, held in Chicago, Illinois, in 1893 - The Columbian, a sternwheeler lost in the worst accident in the Yukon River's history in 1906
See also
- British ColumbiaBritish ColumbiaBritish Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
n - ColumbiadColumbiadThe Columbiad was a large caliber, smoothbore, muzzle loading cannon able to fire heavy projectiles at both high and low trajectories. This feature enabled the columbiad to fire solid shot or shell to long ranges, making it an excellent seacoast defense weapon for its day...
, a type of large-caliber cannon from the 19th century - Columbiana (disambiguation)
- Pre-Columbian eraPre-Columbian eraThe pre-Columbian era incorporates all period subdivisions in the history and prehistory of the Americas before the appearance of significant European influences on the American continents, spanning the time of the original settlement in the Upper Paleolithic period to European colonization during...