Images of America: Westerville NR certificate with the reform farm on

with the reform farm on one side of the new prison

Volume 31/Number 1

Over the years

They won’t show up on the top-ten list of most famous Ohioans

Images of America: Westerville NR certificate with the reform farm onWesterville, Ohio, once known as the "Dry Capital of the World," has carved a niche for itself in history that few small towns can boast. Its industrious citizens founded Otterbein College, shaped an active business and social community, and attracted the nation's attention by taking a strong stand on the sale of alcohol. Wooed by the promise of land in a "dry" community, the Anti Saloon League located their printing headquarters in the village in