History

While Buckeyes likely know their state moniker flows from the eponymous river named by the Iroquois, historical headwaters run far deeper.

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.

For a Valentine’s Day cliché, the history of conversation hearts is surprisingly interesting.

One of the most popular New Year’s traditions is making resolutions.

Some are surprised that the Environmental Protection Agency owes its creation to a fire on Ohio’s Cuyahoga River.

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.

What even is candy corn anyway? The popular sweet has been a staple for Halloween and trick-or-treaters since most people can remember.

When you think about states in the U.S. that deal with earthquakes, surely Ohio doesn’t come to mind for a while.

You’d be forgiven if you had never heard of the tiny village of Hiram, located in between Cleveland, Akron and Youngstown.

Indigenous peoples known as the “Hopewell culture” lived between 1 and 500 A.D.