Frank Beard was many things. A guest speaker at Otterbein’s College Chapel on a cold day just before Christmas, 1880, he was a Union veteran of the Civil War, a prominent artist, illustrator, and speaker on the Chautauqua circuit. He was a Prohibitionist and a popular entertainer, well paid for his services.[i]
He was also deaf.
[i] Columbus Dispatch, December 18, 1880
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If you want to see an Ice Age relic you need look no further than 452 East Park Street and the Boyer Nature Preserve. There, in the heart of uptown Westerville, is a glacial ‘kettle’ surrounded by modern birds and flowers. Westerville’s tangential, but actual, connection to the Ice Age may be prehistoric, but how it got preserved is definitely historic.
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The earliest photograph of a Halloween party at Otterbein, in 1913
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