Ohio: Misc

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a significant Fort Ancient archaeological site is located on a sod farm in southwestern Ohio?
northwestern Ohio's Goll Homestead lies at the core of one of the few remaining areas of old-growth forest in the Great Black Swamp?
the United States National Weather Service's StormReady program was credited with saving the lives of more than 50 movie-goers in Van Wert County, Ohio in 2002?
a schoolteacher from the U.S. state of Ohio donated the first 14 acres (5.7 ha) of Mary Jane Thurston State Park, named in her honor?
The Springboro Star Press is a weekly newspaper in southwestern Ohio published since 1976?
Van Buren State Park in Ohio has family, large group, and equestrian camping areas, the latter with manure bins and picket lines?
Wheeling Creek (pictured) in West Virginia flows into the Ohio River a short distance downstream of a different Wheeling Creek in Ohio, on the opposite bank?
the Christopher Walker Farm was a center for hog raising in western Ohio?
the Dunns Pond Mound in Ohio may have been used for Native American burials for nine centuries?
the former Youngstown and Southern Railway, Ohio's last interurban, was out of service for five years after being illegally sold to a scrap dealer?
the land that became Quail Hollow State Park was owned by only two families between 1820 and its sale to Ohio as a park in 1975?
there are more than 1,200 historical markers in Ohio?
the first railroad steam locomotive built by Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works was also the first locomotive to operate in the U.S. state of Ohio?
the Warren County Canal was a twenty-mile long canal in Ohio that linked Lebanon to the Miami and Erie Canal and which operated only eight unprofitable years?
the Society for Savings Building (pictured), a high-rise building in Cleveland, is widely considered to be the first modern skyscraper in the state of Ohio?
the Van Wert Bandstand (pictured) is the only extant historic bandstand in western Ohio?
Thomas Milton Gatch (pictured), an Ohioan educator and politician, was the first president of Oregon State University to hold a doctorate degree?
St. Henry's Catholic Church (pictured) in rural St. Henry has been described as the most costly church in northwestern Ohio?
Ohio Territorial Governor Charles Willing Byrd once worked for American Revolutionary War financier Robert Morris?
Ohio's College Township was given by Congress for the benefit of Miami University?
Aquilla Coonrod was one of only two men from Williams County, Ohio, to have ever received the Medal of Honor?
microcystins in the polluted water of the lake at Grand Lake St. Marys State Park in Ohio can cause severe gastrointestinal ailments in humans?
Maltese-born Anthony Perici, a veteran of the British Royal Navy, served as the first full-time mayor of Twinsburg, Ohio?
Alum Creek in Alum Creek State Park in Ohio was a major path on the Underground Railroad?
Cincinnati, Ohio, architect Rudolph Tietig designed a Jewish country club and two synagogues, including Temple K.K. Bene Israel for one of the oldest congregations west of the Allegheny Mountains?
Beaver Creek State Park in Ohio, USA, is home to both Little Beaver Creek, a National Scenic River, and a restored 1837 mill?
Buck Creek State Park in Ohio contains a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dam and reservoir, an early 19th-century homestead, and patches of original prairie?
Jackson Lake State Park in Ohio, USA, is now the location of a thriving second growth forest, but was once home to the iron, coal and salt industries?
Scott Shafer, hired in January 2008 as the Michigan Wolverines defensive coordinator, started in football as a high school and college quarterback in Ohio?
Independence Dam State Park in Defiance County, Ohio, is named for a dam built for the Miami and Erie Canal and features some of the canal's ruins?
Herman Ashworth was the fourth person to drop his appeals since the U.S. state of Ohio resumed the death penalty in 1999?
Court Avenue, Ohio, was the first street in the United States to be paved with concrete?
Delaware State Park is not in the U.S. state of Delaware but rather in Ohio?
actor and broadcaster Dean Miller, who played the son-in-law on CBS's December Bride, later bought what became WMVR-FM radio in his native Ohio?

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DC Comics

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Ohio

[[Image:|200px|center|Ohio]]

Official Name

Ohio

Aliases

The Buckeye State

Location Details

Universe

Real World, Earth-One, Earth-Two, New Earth , 100 Bullets, DCAU , Earth-AD , Friday the 13th , Y: The Last Man

Planet

Earth

Country

United States of America

State

Ohio

Characteristics

Dimensions

Area: 44,825 sq mi; (116,096 km²)

Population

11,353,000 (approx)

First appearance

Action Comics #1
(June, 1938)

History

Ohio is one of the states in the continental United States, bordering on the Great Lakes. It is the birthplace of Barbara Gordon.^{[citation needed]} Franklin County, Ohio was the site of a fight between the Fourth Reich and JSA member Hawkman (Carter Hall). The Fourth Reich raided the Heywood Family Reunion in an effort to eradicate everyone related to the World War II hero, Commander Steel.^[1]

Bucyrus, Ohio was the landing site of Doomsday.^[2]

The funeral of Booster Gold was held in Cincinnati, because the anti-Booster sentiment was relatively low.^[3] Booster's ancestor Daniel Carter was from nearby Covington.

Points of Interest

Akron
Bucyrus
Cadiz
Canton
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Columbus
Covington
Dayton
Franklin County
Marrisville
Piqua
Springdale
Springwood
Toledo, Ohio

Muppet

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Ohio, as seen on a map in Follow That Bird.

Baby Fozzie visits the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Ohio is the 17th state of the United States of America.

In The Muppet Movie, Professor Krassman claims that Kermit will have enough voltage running through his brain to light up Cincinnati after using his electronic cerebrectomy machine.

In The Muppets Take Manhattan, Scooter and the Swedish Chef are seen working in a movie theater in Cleveland, OH. Lew Zealand is a regular patron. In the comic book adaptation, Rowlf's kennel is also in Ohio.

The Country Trio sang To Morrow (a song about the city of Morrow, OH) on The Muppet Show.

According to Kermit's response to a letter written to John Denver in Rocky Mountain Holiday, Miss Piggy has an aunt who lives in Toledo.

Granny Snuffle lives in Cincinnati, OH. Snuffy visits her in Elmo Saves Christmas.

Throughout Elmo's Sing-Along Guessing Game, Mr. Johnson mistakes the game show for the bus stop to Cincinatti, OH, where he plans on visiting his mother. However, in a later sketch, Grover delivers a singing telegram to Mr. Johnson, from his mommy in Cincinatti; Mr. Johnson replies that his mommy lives in Chicago, Illinois.

In a 1974 episode of Sesame Street, Oscar is expecting a group of Grouches from Cincinnati, and finds himself in desperate need of trash for games.

In A Special Sesame Street Christmas, Dick Smothers convinces Oscar the Grouch that he really is the Ghost of Christmas Future by saying, "When was the last time you saw an outfit like this, huh?" Oscar responds, "The last time I flew over Cleveland?" Smothers answers, "Precisely."

CAMPO, or the Committee to Award Miss Piggy the Oscar, was founded by Bruce Collin and Jim Hall in Cincinnati.

A Veterinarian's Hospital sketch on the Muppet Show joked that the Screaming Thing has three left feet, but also left two feet in Cincinnati.

Fob Canine heads off to Cleveland to start a comic book company in the television series Dog City (series).

When the Muppets take their show on the road in The Muppet Show Comic Book: On the Road, their first stop is Little Gideon, Ohio. Waldorf's cousin lives there, and is eager to see if The Muppet Show really is as bad as his cousin has said.

In the 1993 coloring book Muppet Babies Visit the Fifty States, Baby Fozzie pays a visit to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio.

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A map of the United States of America. Ohio is the red state.

Ohio is the 17th state in the United States of America. One of the cites in Ohio is Cleveland, the site of the Battle of Cleveland. Underneath the city of Cleveland is the Key of Osanalan, or so it was claimed by James Ackerson and his brother Ruwan. It also had a known UNSC Relief Camp in Akron, Ohio for refugees after the battle.^[1]

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eWrestling

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Dayton- Thomas J. Frericks Center

Bowling Green- Anderson Arena

Toledo- Toledo Sports Arena

Steubenville- Saint John Arena

Trotwood- Hara Arena

Akron- James A. Rhodes Arena

Youngstown- Beeghly Center

Kent- M.A.C. Center

Columbus- Expo Center Coliseum

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Ice Hockey

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Ohio (pronounced O-hi-O) is a state in the Great Lakes and Midwest regions of the United States. Ohio has 88 counties and a total population of over 11.4 million and is 44,825 square miles, making Ohio the nation's 7th most populous and 34th largest state in the US. The state name derives from the Seneca word ohi:yo', meaning "beautiful river" or "large creek."

1 Teams
- 1.1 Current
- 1.2 Future
2 Cities
3 Notable players

Teams

Current

Professional

Collegiate

Juniors

Findlay Grrrowl - (UJHL)
Wooster Oilers - (UJHL)
Mahoning Valley Phantoms - (NAHL)

Future

Toledo Walleye - beginning 2009-10 - (ECHL)

Cities

Notable players

Dan Fritsche (Parma) - center, currently with the New York Rangers.
Peter Harrold (Kirtland Hills) - defenceman, currently with the Los Angeles Kings
Michael Rupp (Cleveland) - left winger, currently with the New Jersey Devils.
Bryan Smolinski (Toledo) - center, currently with the Montreal Canadiens.

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Alabama - Alaska - Arizona - Arkansas - California - Colorado
Connecticut - Delaware - Florida - Georgia - Hawaii - Idaho
Illinois - Indiana - Iowa - Kansas - Kentucky - Louisiana
Maine - Maryland - Massachusetts - Michigan - Minnesota - Mississippi
Missouri - Montana - Nebraska - Nevada - New Hampshire - New Jersey
New Mexico - New York - North Carolina - North Dakota - Ohio - Oklahoma
Oregon - Pennsylvania - Rhode Island - South Carolina - South Dakota - Tennessee
Texas - Utah - Vermont - Virginia - Washington
West Virginia - Wisconsin - Wyoming

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Marvel Database

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Official Name

Ohio

Country

United States of America

First appearance

Unknown

1 History
2 Points of Interest
3 Notes
4 Trivia
5 See Also
6 Links and References

History

Ohio is a Midwestern state of the United States. Part of the Great Lakes region, Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads.

Points of Interest

The Bar with No Name

Notes

No special notes.

Trivia

No trivia.

Links and References

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio

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Transformers

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From Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki

Ohio is a territory in the United States of America. It is, together with Indiana, one of Michigan's southern neighbors.

Fiction

Animated

According to Bumblebee, Megatron fell out of their ship somewhere over Cleveland, Ohio. Lugnut didn't take very kindly to hearing that... Lost and Found

Note: Though there is no reference to Ohio in the episode, Cleveland, Ohio is the closest Cleveland to Detroit.

Trivia

Botcon 2008 was held in Cincinnati, Ohio.

External links

Ohio at Wikipedia

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