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Ohio is the leading producer of greenhouse and nursery plants.
Seven United States presidents were born in Ohio. They are: Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, James A. Garfield, Benjamin Harrison, William McKinley, William H. Taft, and Warren G. Harding.
Some well-known personalities were born in Ohio. Among them Steven Spielberg, Paul Newman, Annie Oakley, Arsenio Hall and Clark Gable.
The first full time automobile service station was opened in 1899 in Ohio.
In 1852 Ohio was the first state to enact laws protecting working women.
Ohio gave America its first hot dog in 1900. Harry M. Stevens created the popular dining dog.
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Although Ohio is listed as the 17th state in the U.S., it is technically 47th because Congress forgot to vote on a resolution to admit it to the Union until 1953. legendsofamerica.com
There is MUCH more to discover about Ohio, USA. Read on!
- 1748 - Ohio Company of Virginia organized to begin Ohio settlement
The World Almanac of the U.S.A, by Allan Carpenter and Carl Provorse, 1996 - 1803 - Ohio became 17th state, first state west of Allegheny Mountains; Chillicothe named state capital
www.worldatlas.com/ webimage/ countrys/ namerica/ usstates/ ohtimeln.htm - February 6, 1807 - It was the famous "Cold Friday" in the Midwest and South. The temperature did not rise above zero in Ohio and Kentucky.
WeatherForYou.com - 1810 - Zanesville named state capital of Ohio
www.worldatlas.com/ webimage/ countrys/ namerica/ usstates/ ohtimeln.htm - 1811 - First steamship sails on Ohio River
The World Almanac of the U.S.A, by Allan Carpenter and Carl Provorse, 1996 - 1816 - State capital relocated to Columbus
www.worldatlas.com/ webimage/ countrys/ namerica/ usstates/ ohtimeln.htm - 1832 - Ohio and Lake Erie Canal opened
www.worldatlas.com/ webimage/ countrys/ namerica/ usstates/ ohtimeln.htm - 1835 - Boundary dispute between Ohio and Michigan caused Toledo War; Ohio granted contested lands around Toledo
www.worldatlas.com/ webimage/ countrys/ namerica/ usstates/ ohtimeln.htm - 1852 - Ohio was the first state to enact laws protecting working women.
www.ereferencedesk.com/ resources/ state-facts/ ohio.html 
1860 - May 1 – A Chondrite-type meteorite falls to earth in Muskingum County, Ohio near the town of New Concord.
www.wikipedia.org
May 1, 1860- 1870 - John D. Rockefeller founded Standard Oil; Benjamin Goodrich opened rubber plant in Akron
www.worldatlas.com/ webimage/ countrys/ namerica/ usstates/ ohtimeln.htm - 1876 - December 29 – The Ashtabula River Railroad bridge disaster occurs, leaving 92 dead.
www.wikipedia.org
December 29, 1876 
1800s A. B. Chase Organ Co.
Norwalk, O.
Advertisement
1880s
Vacuum Harness Oil
Ruhl Bros.
Findlay, Ohio
Advertisement- 1883 - Advice - Keep it to Yourself
You have trouble - your feelings are injured, your husband is unkind, your wife frets, your home is not pleasant your friends do not treat yon...Read MORE... - 1886 - ANOTHER TORNADO CAUSES GREAT DEVASTATION IN OHIO. HANCOCK, HARDIN AND ADJACENT COUNTIES ARE VISITED BY A TERRIFIC CYCLONE, DESTROYING LIFE AND PROPERTY.
A terrible tornado swept over the southern part of Hancock and northern part of Hardin county at a late hour Friday night carrying death and...Read MORE... - 1887 - COLLISION, FIRE AND EXPLOSION.
FOREST, Ohio, Sept. 19. - Special Telegram - Early this morning the second section on freight train No. 71, on the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago...Read MORE... - 1888 - Gold Rings in a Bird's Nest
FINDLEY, Ohio, April 18 - This morning three or four boys were plaving on the Toledo, Columbus and Southern Railroad bridge when they discovered a...Read MORE... - 1888 - In the Ohio Legislature a bill was introduced on the 9th fixing passenger rates at two cents per mile on all railroads in the State.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
January 14, 1888 
Otto Schumann
Furniture Store
316 & 318 W. Federal St.
Youngstown, Ohio
Advertisement
Quaker Oat Mill Company, Ravenna, Ohio ad
Advertisement- 1894 - March 25 – Coxey's Army (of the unemployed), the first significant protest march in the United States, departs from Massillon, Ohio, for Washington, D.C.
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March 25, 1894 - 1895 - Ohio
Ohio, a north central state of the American Union, bounded N. by the state of Michigan and Lake Erie, E. by Pennsylvania and West Virginia, S. by...Read MORE... 
"Dueber Grand" Ladies' and Gentlemen's Riding Wheel
The Only Strictly High-Grade Bicycle Made in America
Price, $55.00 Net Cash
The Dueber Watch Works
Canton, Ohio, U.S.A.
The Ladies' Home Journal
February 1898
Advertisement- 1899 - First full time automobile service station was opened in 1899 in Ohio.
www.ereferencedesk.com/ resources/ state-facts/ ohio.html - 1900 - Ohio gave America its first hot dog in 1900. Harry M. Stevens created the popular dining dog.
www.ereferencedesk.com/ resources/ state-facts/ ohio.html 
Wonderful Stone Quarries, Berea, O.
Postcard
Government Square, looking toward the Fountain, Cincinnati, O.
Postcard
(IL) - Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois- 1903 - Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur, began building airplanes in Dayton, Ohio
www.worldatlas.com/ webimage/ countrys/ namerica/ usstates/ ohtimeln.htm - 1908 - August 8 – The Hoover Company of Canton, Ohio, acquires manufacturing rights to the upright portable vacuum cleaner just invented by James M. Spangler.
www.wikipedia.org
August 8, 1908 - 1924 - June 28 – A tornado touches down in Lorain, Ohio and kills 78 people.
www.wikipedia.org
June 28, 1924 - 1925 - Shenandoan dirigible crashed, killed 14
www.worldatlas.com/ webimage/ countrys/ namerica/ usstates/ ohtimeln.htm 
Scotts 5 & 10 cent Store, Akron, Ohio
Postcard- 1937 - Ohio River flooded, 750,000 people left homeless; East Ohio Gas Co. explosion killed 131
www.worldatlas.com/ webimage/ countrys/ namerica/ usstates/ ohtimeln.htm - 1938 - Teflon invented by Ohioan Roy J. Plunkett
www.worldatlas.com/ webimage/ countrys/ namerica/ usstates/ ohtimeln.htm - 1958 - St. Lawrence Seaway completed
- 1970 - Kent State shootings - May 4 - Kent, Ohio
May 4, 1970 - 1973 - February 12 – Ohio becomes the first U.S. state to post distance in metric on signs
February 12, 1973
Old Photos, Pictures, Advertisements and Postcards from Ohio, USA
Ohio, USA
1800s A. B. Chase Organ Co.
Norwalk, O.
Advertisement
Ohio, USA
1880s
Vacuum Harness Oil
Ruhl Bros.
Findlay, Ohio
Advertisement
Ohio, USA
Otto Schumann
Furniture Store
316 & 318 W. Federal St.
Youngstown, Ohio
Advertisement
Ohio, USA
Quaker Oat Mill Company, Ravenna, Ohio ad
Advertisement
Ohio, USA
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The Only Strictly High-Grade Bicycle Made in America
Price, $55.00 Net Cash
The Dueber Watch Works
Canton, Ohio, U.S.A.
The Ladies' Home Journal
February 1898)
"Dueber Grand" Ladies' and Gentlemen's Riding Wheel
The Only Strictly High-Grade Bicycle Made in America
Price, $55.00 Net Cash
The Dueber Watch Works
Canton, Ohio, U.S.A.
The Ladies' Home Journal
February 1898
Advertisement
Ohio, USA
Wonderful Stone Quarries, Berea, O.
Postcard
Ohio, USA
Government Square, looking toward the Fountain, Cincinnati, O.
Postcard
Ohio, USA
(IL) - Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois
Ohio, USA
Scotts 5 & 10 cent Store, Akron, Ohio
Postcard
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1748 - Ohio Company of Virginia organized to begin Ohio settlement
The World Almanac of the U.S.A, by Allan Carpenter and Carl Provorse, 1996
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1803 - Ohio became 17th state, first state west of Allegheny Mountains; Chillicothe named state capital
www.worldatlas.com/ webimage/ countrys/ namerica/ usstates/ ohtimeln.htm
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February 6, 1807 - It was the famous "Cold Friday" in the Midwest and South. The temperature did not rise above zero in Ohio and Kentucky.
WeatherForYou.com
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1810 - Zanesville named state capital of Ohio
www.worldatlas.com/ webimage/ countrys/ namerica/ usstates/ ohtimeln.htm
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1811 - First steamship sails on Ohio River
The World Almanac of the U.S.A, by Allan Carpenter and Carl Provorse, 1996
-
1816 - State capital relocated to Columbus
www.worldatlas.com/ webimage/ countrys/ namerica/ usstates/ ohtimeln.htm
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1832 - Ohio and Lake Erie Canal opened
www.worldatlas.com/ webimage/ countrys/ namerica/ usstates/ ohtimeln.htm
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1835 - Boundary dispute between Ohio and Michigan caused Toledo War; Ohio granted contested lands around Toledo
www.worldatlas.com/ webimage/ countrys/ namerica/ usstates/ ohtimeln.htm
-
1852 - Ohio was the first state to enact laws protecting working women.
www.ereferencedesk.com/ resources/ state-facts/ ohio.html
1860 - May 1 – A Chondrite-type meteorite falls to earth in Muskingum County, Ohio near the town of New Concord.
www.wikipedia.org
May 1, 1860
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1870 - John D. Rockefeller founded Standard Oil; Benjamin Goodrich opened rubber plant in Akron
www.worldatlas.com/ webimage/ countrys/ namerica/ usstates/ ohtimeln.htm
-
1876 - December 29 – The Ashtabula River Railroad bridge disaster occurs, leaving 92 dead.
www.wikipedia.org
December 29, 1876
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1883 - Advice - Keep it to Yourself
You have trouble - your feelings are injured, your husband is unkind, your wife frets, your home is not pleasant your friends do not treat yon... Read MORE...
-
1886 - ANOTHER TORNADO CAUSES GREAT DEVASTATION IN OHIO. HANCOCK, HARDIN AND ADJACENT COUNTIES ARE VISITED BY A TERRIFIC CYCLONE, DESTROYING LIFE AND PROPERTY.
A terrible tornado swept over the southern part of Hancock and northern part of Hardin county at a late hour Friday night carrying death and... Read MORE...
-
1887 - COLLISION, FIRE AND EXPLOSION.
FOREST, Ohio, Sept. 19. - Special Telegram - Early this morning the second section on freight train No. 71, on the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago... Read MORE...
-
1888 - In the Ohio Legislature a bill was introduced on the 9th fixing passenger rates at two cents per mile on all railroads in the State.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
January 14, 1888
-
1888 - Gold Rings in a Bird's Nest
FINDLEY, Ohio, April 18 - This morning three or four boys were plaving on the Toledo, Columbus and Southern Railroad bridge when they discovered a... Read MORE...
-
1894 - March 25 – Coxey's Army (of the unemployed), the first significant protest march in the United States, departs from Massillon, Ohio, for Washington, D.C.
www.wikipedia.org
March 25, 1894
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1895 - Ohio
Ohio, a north central state of the American Union, bounded N. by the state of Michigan and Lake Erie, E. by Pennsylvania and West Virginia, S. by... Read MORE...
-
1899 - First full time automobile service station was opened in 1899 in Ohio.
www.ereferencedesk.com/ resources/ state-facts/ ohio.html
-
1900 - Ohio gave America its first hot dog in 1900. Harry M. Stevens created the popular dining dog.
www.ereferencedesk.com/ resources/ state-facts/ ohio.html
-
1903 - Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur, began building airplanes in Dayton, Ohio
www.worldatlas.com/ webimage/ countrys/ namerica/ usstates/ ohtimeln.htm
-
1908 - August 8 – The Hoover Company of Canton, Ohio, acquires manufacturing rights to the upright portable vacuum cleaner just invented by James M. Spangler.
www.wikipedia.org
August 8, 1908
-
1924 - June 28 – A tornado touches down in Lorain, Ohio and kills 78 people.
www.wikipedia.org
June 28, 1924
-
1925 - Shenandoan dirigible crashed, killed 14
www.worldatlas.com/ webimage/ countrys/ namerica/ usstates/ ohtimeln.htm
-
1937 - Ohio River flooded, 750,000 people left homeless; East Ohio Gas Co. explosion killed 131
www.worldatlas.com/ webimage/ countrys/ namerica/ usstates/ ohtimeln.htm
-
1938 - Teflon invented by Ohioan Roy J. Plunkett
www.worldatlas.com/ webimage/ countrys/ namerica/ usstates/ ohtimeln.htm
-
1958 - St. Lawrence Seaway completed
-
1970 - Kent State shootings - May 4 - Kent, Ohio
May 4, 1970
-
1973 - February 12 – Ohio becomes the first U.S. state to post distance in metric on signs
February 12, 1973
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