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Map of Ohio showing the Symmes Purchase. The Symmes Purchase, also known as the Miami Purchase, was an area of land totaling roughly 311,682 acres (487.003 sq mi; 1,261.33 km 2) [1] in what is now Hamilton, Butler, and Warren counties of southwestern Ohio, purchased by Judge John Cleves Symmes of New Jersey in 1788 from the Continental Congress.
The roulette mechanism is a hybrid of a gaming wheel invented in 1720 and the Italian game Biribi. [2] A primitive form of roulette, known as 'EO' (Even/Odd), was played in England in the late 18th century using a gaming wheel similar to that used in roulette. [3] The game has been played in its present form since as early as 1796 in Paris.
Ohio counties on the Ohio River — located within the Appalachian Ohio region. Pages in category "Ohio counties on the Ohio River" The following 14 pages are in this ...
A bridge was built over the Muskingum River in 1813. A bridge was built over the Hocking River near Lancaster, Ohio, as early as 1809. Benjamin Urmston ran the ferry across the Scioto River at Chillicothe. Ferries ran across the Ohio River to Maysville, Kentucky. The town of Aberdeen, Ohio, was founded in 1816 on the Ohio side of the river. A ...
SR 1, formerly known as Inter-county Highway 1 until 1921 [1] and State Highway 1 in 1922, [2] was the designation for the National Road and National Old Trails Road through central Ohio between 1912 and 1926. [3] [4] US 40 was first signed along the length of the route in 1926 and became the road's only designation by 1927. [4] [5]
The Ohio Rhineland (German: Ohio Rheinland) is a German cultural region of Ohio. It was named by Rhinelanders and other Germans who settled the area in the mid-19th century. [ 1 ] They named the canal "the Rhine" in reference to the river Rhine in Germany , and the newly settled area north of the canal as " Over the Rhine ".
A rural road in Fulton County. Fulton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio west of Toledo. As of the 2020 census, the population was 42,713. [2] Its county seat and largest city is Wauseon. [3] The county was created in 1850 with land from Henry, Lucas, and Williams counties [4] and is named for Robert Fulton, inventor of the ...
[38]: 92 The maps display tributary river systems of the Jialing River in Sichuan, in a total measured area of 107 by 68 km. [38]: 92 The maps featured rectangular symbols encasing character names for the locations of administrative counties. [38]: 92 Rivers and roads are displayed with similar line symbols; this makes interpreting the map ...