While Buckeyes likely know their state moniker flows from the eponymous river named by the Iroquois, historical headwaters run far deeper.
History
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Ellen Walker Craig-Jones was a politician and community hero for her hometown of Urbancrest, Ohio – remembered today as the nation’s first African-American woman to be publicly elected as mayor.
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For a Valentine’s Day cliché, the history of conversation hearts is surprisingly interesting.
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One of the most popular New Year’s traditions is making resolutions.
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Some are surprised that the Environmental Protection Agency owes its creation to a fire on Ohio’s Cuyahoga River.
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Most Ohioans know and may have even visited Cedar Point, which claims it’s the second-oldest amusement park in the country after opening in 1870.
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What even is candy corn anyway? The popular sweet has been a staple for Halloween and trick-or-treaters since most people can remember.
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When you think about states in the U.S. that deal with earthquakes, surely Ohio doesn’t come to mind for a while.
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You’d be forgiven if you had never heard of the tiny village of Hiram, located in between Cleveland, Akron and Youngstown.
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Indigenous peoples known as the “Hopewell culture” lived between 1 and 500 A.D.