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Ohio:

In 1750, Christopher Gist, a surveyor for the Ohio Company, reported that, "This Ohio Country is fine, rich, level land, well-timbered with large walnut, ash, sugar trees ... it is well watered ... and full of beautiful natural ... meadows, abounding with turkeys, deer, elk and most sorts of game, particularly buffaloes. In short, it wants nothing but cultivation to make it a most delightful country."

This longtime home of the Adena and Hopewell Indian cultures - was fought over by the British and French for decades - to eventually become part of America's Northwest Territory in 1783.

The navigable waters of the Ohio River brought settlers by the thousands, and in 1803 it became the "first state" west of the Allegheny Mountains, and eventually, the native home state of (7) U.S. Presidents

It's often called the "Birthplace of Aviation Pioneers," as astronauts Neil Armstrong and John Glenn were born in Ohio, as well as Orville Wright, the co-inventor of the airplane.

With easy access to the world via the Great Lakes, Ohio was a significant part of the industrial history of the country, as manufacturing giants like Goodrich Tire and Rubber and Standard Oil were based here.

Modern Ohio is certainly home to college towns, big, flashy cities, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but it's the endless small towns and family farms that remain the true heartbeat of the state.

Ohio

Ohio's pennant-shaped flag is modeled after a Civil War cavalry guidon (identification banner).

The 17 stars in the blue field represent Ohio becoming the 17th state, and the 13 stars surrounded the state's initial (in white), are symbolic of the original 13 colonies.

The red, white and blue are taken from the flag of the United States of America, the Stars and Stripes.

Official name: Ohio
Capital: Columbus
Statehood: March 1, 1803 the 17th state
State nickname: The Buckeye State
Name for residents: Ohioans
State motto: With God, all things are possible
Abbreviation: OH

Ohio's Historical Event's:

1669-1670 French explorers Adrien Jolliet and René-Robert Cavelier, sieur de La Salle, are believed to be the first Europeans to reach Lake Erie and the Ohio River.
1763 France cedes the Ohio country to Great Britain at the end of the French and Indian War. Ottawa chief Pontiac leads an uprising of Native Americans in an attempt to drive out the British.
1783 The Ohio country is ceded by Britain to the new United States.
1787 The Ordinance of 1787 is passed by Congress, making the Ohio country part of the Northwest Territory.
1788 The first permanent white settlement is established at Marietta.
1794 American General Anthony Wayne defeats Native American forces led by Miami chief Little Turtle at the Battle of Fallen Timbers.
1795 The Treaty of Greenville ends the war with the Native Americans and opens much of Ohio to permanent settlement.
1803 Ohio enters the Union as the 17th state (March 1).
1811 The Shawnee chief Tecumseh leads a war against settlers but is defeated in the Battle of Tippecanoe.
1813 An American fleet led by Oliver H. Perry defeats the British in the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812. The Battle of the Thames ends the fighting in the northern border area.
1816 Columbus becomes the state capital.
1825 Construction of Ohio's canal system begins. The Ohio and Erie Canal is completed in 1832 and the Miami and Erie in 1845.
1836 The Toledo War between Ohio and Michigan over a disputed tract of land is settled, giving the Toledo area to Ohio.
1840 William Henry Harrison becomes the first Ohio resident elected president of the United States.
1868 Ulysses S. Grant is the first native of Ohio elected president.
1870 John D. Rockefeller organizes the Standard Oil Company in Cleveland; Benjamin F. Goodrich begins rubber manufacturing in Akron.
1886 The American Federation of Labor is founded in Columbus.
1912 A major overhaul of the state's constitution is approved by voters, introducing a number of election reforms.
1914 The Miami Conservancy District is created to build a flood-control system after disastrous flooding.
1937 Violent strikes occur against steel mills in Youngstown, Massillon, and Cleveland.
1959 Ohio cities on Lake Erie gain ocean access with the opening of the St.Lawrence Seaway.
1962 Astronaut John H. Glenn of New Concord becomes the first American to orbit the earth.
1967 Carl Stokes is elected mayor of Cleveland, becoming the first black mayor of a major American city.
1969 Astronaut Neil Armstrong of Wapakoneta takes the first step on the moon.
1970 Four students are killed in an anti-Vietnam War demonstration at Kent State University.
1971 Ohio adopts an income tax.
1992 The Ohio constitution is amended to impose term limits on members of Congress and state elected officials. The provision on federal officials is later ruled unconstitutional.

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