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3 unusual facts about Yellow Springs


James Zehner

An educator from Yellow Springs, Ohio, Zehner won election to a Republican open seat in 1976, much due to a wealth of resources provided to him by Speaker of the House Vern Riffe.

Kathi Kamen Goldmark

Kathi earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio in 1971, a Masters degree from Goddard College in Plainfield, Vermont in 1974, and a California teaching credential in 1974.

Tyree Scott Freedom School

The People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond was founded in 1980 by two long-time community organizers, Ron Chisom of New Orleans, Louisiana, and Jim Dunn of Yellow Springs, Ohio.


Antioch University

Four residencies are held annually on existing campuses of Antioch University in Yellow Springs, Ohio; Keene, New Hampshire; Seattle and Los Angeles.

David Hykes

Hykes was educated at Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio where he studied with avant-garde experimental filmmakers Tony Conrad and Paul Sharits, free jazz with the Cecil Taylor Unit, and contemporary, classical and medieval music with John Ronsheim and David Stock.

John Bryan State Park

The park surrounds Clifton Gorge, a deep cut of the Little Miami River between Yellow Springs and Clifton.

Samuel Borchers

Borchers set three Ohio High School Athletic Association Division III records in 2007 during his senior year at Yellow Springs High School in Yellow Springs, Ohio.


see also

Yellow Springs Historic District

Today, many of Yellow Springs' buildings are examples of the Federal or Greek Revival styles, although vernacular buildings, such as its plentiful I-houses, are numerous.