Ohio derives its name from the
Ohio River that forms its southern border, which, in turn, originated from the
Seneca word ohiːyo', meaning "good river", "great river", or "large creek". The state was home to several ancient indigenous civilizations, with humans present as early as 10,000 BCE. It arose from the lands west of the
Appalachian Mountains that were contested by various native tribes and European colonists from the 17th century through the
Northwest Indian Wars of the late 18th century. Ohio was partitioned from the
Northwest Territory, the first frontier of the new United States, becoming the 17th state admitted to the Union on March 1, 1803, and the first under the
Northwest Ordinance. It was the first post-colonial
free state admitted to the union and became one of the earliest and most influential industrial powerhouses during the 20th century. Although it has transitioned to a more
information- and
service-based economy in the 21st century, it remains an industrial state, ranking
seventh in GDP , with the third-largest manufacturing sector and second-largest automobile production.
In the mid-1930s, commemorative coins were increasing in value, and Cincinnati businessman
Thomas G. Melish, a coin collector, lobbied Congress to authorize several new issues, of which he would be the sole distributor. He was successful with the
Cincinnati Musical Center half dollar, from which he profited greatly, and with the Cleveland piece.
Brenda Putnam designed the Cleveland coin, which was approved by the
Commission of Fine Arts after suggestions by sculptor
Lee Lawrie.
Melish distributed the Cleveland coins through the exposition, at local banks, and by mail order from his office in Cincinnati. Sales were good, and the full authorized mintage of 50,000 was struck. Congress had inserted safeguards in the legislation to curb excessive profits, and though some of the coins were minted in 1937, there was no change of date, meaning collectors would have to purchase only one piece to have a complete set. Thousands remained in dealer inventories for years, and the coins remain inexpensive by the standards of commemorative coins of the era. (Full article...)
... that the lake in Adams Lake State Park was built as a water source for
West Union, Ohio, and became the focus of the new park in 1950, when a new water source was developed?
The station is a service stop on Amtrak's daily Lake Shore Limited and Capitol Limited trains, both of which pass through in the middle of the night. The station is also served by the
RTAWaterfront Line. The Pennsylvanian served Cleveland from 1998 to 2003, when it reverted to its original Pittsburgh–New York route. As of 2021, proposals exist for the Pennsylvanian and several other routes to return to Cleveland. (Full article...)
The widest point on the Ohio River is just north of
downtown Louisville, where it is one mile (1.6 km) wide.
Indiana is on the right towards the flood gates,
Kentucky on the left, towards the locks. The jetty on the left is the entrance to the
Louisville and Portland Canal.
The Ohio River is a 981-mile (1,579 km) long
river in the
United States. It is located at the boundary of the
Midwestern and
Southern United States, flowing in a southwesterly direction from western
Pennsylvania to its
mouth on the
Mississippi River at the southern tip of
Illinois. It is the third largest river by discharge volume in the United States and the largest
tributary by volume of the north-south flowing Mississippi River, which divides the eastern from western United States. It is also the 6th oldest river on the North American continent. The river flows through or along the
border of six
states, and its
drainage basin includes parts of 14 states. Through its largest tributary, the
Tennessee River, the basin includes several states of the
southeastern U.S. It is the source of
drinking water for five million people.
The river became a primary transportation route for pioneers during the westward expansion of the early U.S. The lower Ohio River just below Louisville was obstructed by rapids known as the
Falls of the Ohio where the elevation falls 26 feet (7.9 m) in 2 miles (3.2 km) restricting larger commercial navigation, although in the 18th and early 19th century its three deepest channels could be traversed by a wide variety of craft then in use. In 1830, the
Louisville and Portland Canal (now the
McAlpine Locks and Dam) bypassed the rapids, allowing even larger commercial and modern navigation from the
Forks of the Ohio at
Pittsburgh to the
Port of New Orleans at the mouth of the Mississippi on the Gulf of Mexico. Since the "canalization" of the river in 1929, the Ohio has not been a natural free-flowing river; today, it is divided into 21 discrete pools or reservoirs by 20 locks and dams for navigation and power generation. (Full article...)
Charles Henry Langston (1817–1892) was an American
abolitionist and political activist who was active in
Ohio and later in
Kansas, during and after the
American Civil War, where he worked for black suffrage and other civil rights. He was a spokesman for blacks of Kansas and "the West".
Born free in
Louisa County, Virginia, he was the son of a wealthy white planter and his common-law wife of African American-
Pamunkey ancestry, whom his father freed. His father provided for his sons' education and ensured Langston and his brothers inherited his estate. In 1835 Langston and his older brother Gideon were the first African Americans to attend
Oberlin College in Ohio. (Full article...)
When I left Ohio when I was 17 and ended up in New York and realized that not all films had giant crabs in them, it really opened up a lot of things for me.
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