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See Battle of Fallen Timbers. [ 1] Downtown Cincinnati in 2010. The history of Ohio as a state began when the Northwest Territory was divided in 1800, and the remainder reorganized for admission to the union on March 1, 1803, as the 17th state of the United States. The recorded history of Ohio began in the late 17th century when French ...
The legislative branch, the Ohio General Assembly, is made up of two houses: the Senate and the House of Representatives. The House of Representatives is composed of 99 members elected from single-member districts of equal population. Each of the 33 senate districts is formed by combining three house districts.
The building also houses Ohio's state archives, also managed by the Ohio History Connection. The museum is located at the Ohio State Fairgrounds, site of the Ohio State Fair, and a short distance north of downtown. The history center opened in 1970 as the Ohio Historical Center, moving the museum from its former site by the Ohio State University.
Ohio (/ oʊ ˈ h aɪ. oʊ / ⓘ oh-HY-oh) [14] is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Ohio borders Lake Erie to the north, Pennsylvania to the east, West Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Indiana to the west, and Michigan to the northwest. Of the 50 U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area.
Canton ( / ˈkæntən /) is a city in and the county seat of Stark County, Ohio, United States. [ 6] It is located approximately 60 miles (97 km) south of Cleveland [ 7] and 20 miles (32 km) south of Akron in Northeast Ohio on the edge of Ohio's Amish Country. As of the 2020 census, the population of Canton was 70,872, [ 8] making Canton eighth ...
Cleveland Arcade. / 41.50000°N 81.69028°W / 41.50000; -81.69028. The Arcade in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, is a Victorian -era structure of two nine-story buildings, joined by a five-story arcade with a glass skylight spanning over 300 feet (91 m), along the four balconies. [ 2] Erected in 1890, at a cost of $867,000 ($29,400,000 in ...
March 27. (1912) First Lady Helen Herron Taft, a Cincinnati native, and Iwa Chinda planted two Yoshino cherry trees in Washington, D.C. March 28. (1778) Simon Girty, a notorious renegade, was acquitted for treason. On this day he left Fort Pitt and took up residence in Sandusky, Ohio.
Gleason will sign “100 Things to Do in Ohio Before You Die” from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at End of the Commons General Store, 8719 State Route 534, Mesopotamia, and from 3 to 5 p.m ...