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Built in 1814, the Friends Meetinghouse near Mount Pleasant (pop. 463) once served as a central gathering place for Quakers west of the Alleghenies. The brick building had separate entrances for men and women, as per Quaker custom.

first appeared: 1/7/2001

In 1796, Nathaniel Massie founded Chillicothe (pop. 21.954), a name derived from the Shawnee Indian word meaning "principal town." Seven years later, Chillicothe became Ohio's first state capital.

first appeared: 12/31/2000

In 1994, the last surviving apple tree known to be planted by Johnny Appleseed was discovered on the Harvey-Algeo Farm in Nova, in north-central Ohio.

first appeared: 12/24/2000

Seven U.S. presidents were born on Ohio soil: Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, James Garfield, Benjamin Harrison, William McKinley, William Howard Taft, and Warren G. Harding.

first appeared: 12/17/2000

In 1964, Jerrie Mock of Columbus became the first woman to fly solo around the world. The trip took 29 days.

first appeared: 12/10/2000

Jerome M. Smucker, founder of the jam and jelly-making company, got his start pressing apple cider at a mill he opened in Orrville in 1897. Later, he also prepared apple butter, which he sold in crocks bearing a hand-signed seal, his personal guarantee of quality.

first appeared: 12/3/2000

Built in 1898, the Great Lakes Marine & U.S. Coast Guard Memorial Museum in Ashtabula (pop. 21,315) once was the residence of the lighthouse keeper and Coast Guard chief. The museum has an expansive view of Ashtabula Harbor and Lake Erie.

first appeared: 11/26/2000

James J. Ritty, a Dayton tavern owner, invented the cash register in 1879 to stop people from pilfering his profits.

first appeared: 11/19/2000

Gen. George Armstrong Custer, best known for his defeat at the Battle of Little Bighorn in 1876, was born in New Rumley on Dec. 5, 1939, and served as commander of Michigan's cavalry brigade in the Civil War.

first appeared: 11/12/2000

Robert “Bob” Evans, founder of the successful restaurant chain, got his start in 1946 when he began making pork sausage on his southeastern Ohio farm to serve at a 12-stool diner he owned in nearby Gallipolis (pop. 4,969).

first appeared: 11/5/2000

The Y Bridge in Zanesville is the only bridge in the country with three ends. First built in 1814 to span the confluence of the Licking and Muskingum rivers, the structure has been rebuilt five times.

first appeared: 10/22/2000

Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the Moon in 1969, was born in Wapakoneta (pop. 9,414) on Aug. 5, 1930. His first words after touching the Moon’s surface were, “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”

first appeared: 10/8/2000

Ermal C. Fraze of Kettering invented the pop-top can after a family picnic in 1959 when he found himself with a can of beer and no opener. In 1963, Fraze, founder of the Dayton Reliable Tool Co., obtained the patent for a removable pull-tab opener for the cans.

first appeared: 9/24/2000

Ohio University in Athens was chartered by the state in 1804 and is the oldest university in what was once the Northwest Territory. Today, the university has five regional campuses in southeast Ohio and has more than 30,000 students.

first appeared: 9/10/2000

The Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum in Pickerington opened to the public July 9, 1999. Set on a lush, rolling 23-acre campus, the facility also is home to the American Motorcyclist Association’s national headquarters.

first appeared: 8/27/2000

Thomas Alva Edison, inventor of the phonograph and incandescent light bulb, was born in Milan in 1847 and spent his formative years in Port Huron, Mich. The Edison Birthplace Museum in Milan is open from February through November and features many of his early inventions.

first appeared: 8/13/2000

Mary Campbell of Columbus is the only person to win the Miss America Pageant two years in a row. Campbell won in 1922 and 1923. She was first runner-up in 1924. After that, the pageant’s rules were changed so a contestant could compete only once.

first appeared: 7/30/2000

Ohio has the only state flag with a pennant shape. The Ohio burgee, as the swallowtail design is called, was adopted in 1902. Its large blue triangle represents Ohio’s hills and valleys, and the stripes represent roads and waterways. The 13 stars grouped about the circle represent the original states of the union; the four stars added to the peak of the triangle symbolize that Ohio was the 17th state admitted to the union.

first appeared: 7/16/2000

Serpent Mound in southwestern Ohio is the largest known serpent effigy in the United States. The mound, built by ancient Native American cultures, resembles a coiled snake and is located off State Road 73 near Peebles (pop. 1,937). It is 1,348 feet long, 20 feet wide, and varies in height from 2 to 6 feet.

first appeared: 7/2/2000

Ulysses S. Grant was born in Point Pleasant, Ohio, in 1822. After resigning from the U.S. Army in 1854, he farmed near St. Louis, and worked as a merchant in Galena, Ill., before the Civil War brought him back into military service.

first appeared: 6/18/2000

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