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Fort Megis, near Perrysburg (pop. 15,807), is the largest log fort in the nation. It was built by troops of William Henry Harrison during the War of 1812.

first appeared: 5/27/2001

When Englishman Nicholas Cresswell led a group of seven surveyors near the confluence of the Miami and Ohio rivers, southwest of Cleves (pop. 2,396), in May 1775, he wrote of seeing elk, bear, panther, and bright green parakeets in the wild.

first appeared: 5/20/2001

Scottown in Lawrence County is one of only three communities in the nation with a sequential zip code—45678. The others are Virginia Beach, Va., (23456) and Schenectady, N.Y., (12345).

first appeared: 5/13/2001

One of the oldest secondary schools in the nation, Poland Academy in Poland (pop. 3,088) began in 1802. In its 1857 class was future president William McKinley.

first appeared: 5/6/2001

The National Football League, originally called the American Professional Football Association, was founded Sept. 17, 1920, in an auto showroom in Canton.

first appeared: 4/29/2001

When the professional baseball team in Cleveland was founded in 1901, it was called the Blues, after the bright blue uniforms worn by the players. In 1915, the team became the Indians.

first appeared: 4/22/2001

Born in Geneva (pop. 6,952) in 1864, Ransom Olds built a three-wheeled steam-driven carriage in 1887, a four-wheeled steam-driven car in 1893, and the first Oldsmobile, a gasoline-powered car, in 1896. He began mass production of cars in Detroit in 1901.

first appeared: 4/15/2001

Located in the home of a great-uncle of Wilbur and Orville Wright, the International Women’s Air and Space Museum in Centerville (pop. 23,285) chronicles the history of women pilots from America’s first, Harriet Quimby, to today’s female astronauts.

first appeared: 4/8/2001

The Glacial Grooves on Kelleys Island (pop. 186) in Lake Erie were discovered when a quarry operator removed the dirt covering them in 1973. The grooves were made centuries ago when glaciers slid debris across the sheets of rock.

first appeared: 4/1/2001

In 1770, George Washington visited the site of what is today the town of Little Hocking along the Ohio River. It was his farthest trip west.

first appeared: 3/25/2001

Theodosia Goodman, daughter of a tailor from Chillicothe, (pop. 22,550) went to California and became Theda Bara, a popular actress who appeared in 40 movies between 1914 and 1926.

first appeared: 3/18/2001

In 1795, Absalom Martin founded a community on the Ohio River and named it Jefferson. However, people who used a ferry to cross the river there began calling the town Martins Ferry (pop. 12,522), and that’s the name that stuck.

first appeared: 3/11/2001

Dennison (pop. 3,267) was a popular stop for troop trains during World War II. The 1.5 million U.S. soldiers and sailors who were served free food and beverages there by almost 4,000 volunteers nicknamed the town Dreamsville.

first appeared: 3/4/2001

In 1999, the Buckeye State led the nation in egg production with nearly 8.2 billion eggs valued at $353 million wholesale, or about 52 cents a dozen.

first appeared: 2/25/2001

A lead tablet with French writing was found at the mouth of the Muskingum River in 1798. Another was found in 1846 near the mouth of the Kanawha River. Capt. Celoron de Blainville had left them in 1749 as markers of French territory.

first appeared: 2/18/2001

Eleven life-size statues representing American servicemen from the Revolutionary War to the Persian Gulf Conflict, each carrying an American flag, form the Bicentennial Veteran’s Memorial in Blue Ash (pop. 12,093).

first appeared: 2/11/2001

—Daniel D. Emmett, born in Mount Vernon (pop. 16,040) in 1815, wrote Old Dan Tucker at age 15 and later penned Turkey in the Straw. His best-known song is Dixie, written in 1859 for a black minstrel show in which a freed slave sang of his birthplace.

first appeared: 2/4/2001

—Western writer Zane Grey was born on Jan. 31, 1872, in Zanesville (pop. 26,989), which was named after the town’s founder and Grey’s great-great-grandfather, Ebenezer Zane.

first appeared: 1/28/2001

The U.S. Air Force Museum at Fairborn (pop. 30,529) features nine retired aircraft used by presidents from Franklin Roosevelt to Bill Clinton.

first appeared: 1/21/2001

Annie Oakley, a talented markswoman and member of Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show, was born Phoebe Ann Mosey on Aug. 13, 1860, in a cabin in Darke County.

first appeared: 1/14/2001

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