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Ohio

By Richard Marx. Ohio. History . Ohio was the 17 th state to join the Union. The date was March 1 st 1803. The first people to see Ohio lived there in the last centuries of the Ice Age. They hunted Mammoth. Ohio has many prehistoric Indian sites

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Ohio

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  1. By Richard Marx Ohio

  2. History • Ohio was the 17th state to join the Union. The date was March 1st 1803. • The first people to see Ohio lived there in the last centuries of the Ice Age. They hunted Mammoth. • Ohio has many prehistoric Indian sites • French explorers were the first Europeans in Ohio

  3. Geography • Ohio caves were made by underground streams. The water wore away the rock leaving tunnels. • Highest point: Campbell Hill at 1,550 feet (472 meters) • Ohio Caverns is Ohio's largest cave • Lowest point: along the Ohio River in Hamilton County at 433 feet (144.3 meters) • Ohio caves

  4. Meteorology • The average temperature in Columbus (Ohio's capital) in January 2009 was 25ºF • The highest temperature in Ohio happened on July 21, 1934. The temperature was 113º (45ºC) • The lowest temperature in Ohio happened on February 10, 1899. The temperature was -39ºF (-39ºC)

  5. Famous Ohioans • Neil Armstrong-astronaut • Willard Bennett-inventor • William Burton-inventor • Nancy Cartwright-voice of Bart Simpson • Tomes Edison-inventor • Benjamin Harrison-U.S. president • William Taft-U.S. President • James Garfield-U.S. president

  6. Fun Facts • Ohio is called the buckeye state • Ohio Has A zoo just for bugs • Ohio was the birthplace of 7 presidents • Cleaveland, Ohio, named after a general was respelled Cleveland in 1832. The local newspaper needed to fit the name on the masthead • Cleveland is home to the Rock and Roll hall of fame • To Be Continued

  7. Fun Facts Continued • Ohio is home to the Pro Football hall of fame • The Drew Carey Show is set in Cleveland and has a theme song Cleveland Rocks • Montgomery Inn ships 20,000 packages of ribs to barbecue lovers around the country • If you want to see what it would of been like in 1830 Ohio go to Historic Sauder Village • Have you heard of the store Kroger's, it what founded in Ohio • To Be Continued

  8. Fun Facts Continued • Population- 11,478,000 • Capital- Columbus • State flower-scarlet carnation • State Bird-cardinal • State Song-Beautiful Ohio • State Motto-with god all things are possible • Size in land area-40,948 square miles • to be continued

  9. Fun Facts Continued • The first ambulance service was made in Ohio in 1865 • Cincinnati had the first professional city fire department • Cincinnati Reds were the first professional baseball team • Akron was the first city to use police cars • The first full time automobile service station was • opened in 1899 in Ohio • To Be Continued 1 last time

  10. Fun Facts Continued • Oberlin College was founded in1833. It was the first interracial and coeducational college in the United State

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