Most Popular Entries

Ohio History Central is visited by thousands of people around the world each and every month. This collection contains the 25 most popular entries from the encyclopedia during the past month.

Proclamation of 1763

The Proclamation of 1763 forbade English colonists to live west of the Appalachian Mountains. . . .

Tecumseh

Tecumseh was born in 1768, probably at Old Piqua, along the Mad River in Ohio. He was a Shawnee Indian and eventually became one of their greatest leaders. their greatest chiefs. . . .

French and Indian War

The French and Indian War (1754 -1763) was one in a series of wars fought between England and France beginning in the late 1600s. . . .

Ohio's State Bird - The Cardinal

In 1933, the Ohio General Assembly made the cardinal Ohio's state bird. The cardinal's scientific name is Cardinalis Cardinalis. . . .

Cuyahoga River Fire

On June 22, 1969, an oil slick and debris in the Cuyahoga River caught fire in Cleveland, Ohio, drawing national attention to environmental problems in Ohio and elsewhere in the United States. . . .

Kent State Shootings

In May 1970, students protesting the bombing of Cambodia by United States military forces, clashed with Ohio National Guardsmen on the Kent State University campus. . . .

Ohio's State Tree - Buckeye

The Ohio Buckeye was designated as the official state tree in 1953 by the Ohio legislature. . . .

Shawnee Indians

The Shawnee Indians were living in the Ohio Valley as early as the late 1600s. The Iroquois Indians were unwilling to share these rich hunting grounds and drove the Shawnees away. . . .

Iroquois Indians

The Iroquois Indians originally lived along the Genesee River, the Mohawk River, and in the Finger Lakes region south of Lake Ontario in New York State. Around 1600, five tribes, the Mohawks, the Oneidas, the Onondagas, the Cayugas, and the Senecas, banded together to form a confederacy. . . .

Ohio

Ohio is the seventeenth state within the United States of America. . . .

Ohio's State Motto

During the early 1950s, the Ohio legislature sponsored a contest for selecting a state motto. "With God All Things Are Possible" became Ohio's state motto on October 1, 1959. James Mastronardo, a twelve-year-old boy recommended this quotation from the Bible. . . .

Sea World of Ohio

Sea World of Ohio was a major amusement park that operated in Aurora, Ohio from 1970 to 2004. The park was located on Geauga Lake and featured Shamu, the killer whale. . . .

Ohio's State Seal

The State of Ohio has had an official seal for more than 200 years. Over that time, the state government has modified the seal several times. . . .

Hopewell Culture

The Hopewell culture grew out of the earlier Adena culture of prehistoric Native American people. The mounds and enclosures built by the Hopewell were larger and more varied in design, but Hopewell farming villages still were small and scattered around the great ceremonial centers. . . .

Venomous Snakes

On average, 8,000 people are bitten by venomous snakes in the United States each year. However, only 9 - 15 of these victims actually die. More people are struck and killed by lightning each year. . . .

Ohio's State Nickname

Ohio is commonly referred to as the Buckeye State due to the prevalence of Ohio Buckeye trees within the state's borders. . . .

Second Red Scare

As World War II was ending, a fear-driven movement known as the Second Red Scare began to spread across the United States. Americans feared that the Soviet Union hoped to spread communism all over the world, overthrowing both democratic and capitalist institutions as it went. . . .

Sherman's March to the Sea

Ohioan William Tecumseh Sherman, a general in the Union army during the American Civil War, is best known for his March to the Sea. . . .

Michikinikwa - Little Turtle

Little Turtle was a war chief of the Miami Indians. He was born circa 1752 twenty miles northwest of modern-day Fort Wayne, Indiana. His Native American name was Michikinikwa. . . .

Chippewa Indians

The Chippewa Indians, also known as the Ojibwa, lived mainly in Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, and Ontario, Canada. . . .

Paleoindian Period

Paleoindians were the hunting and gathering peoples who originally discovered the Americas. They lived in Ohio in the last centuries of the Ice Age. . . .

Ohio's State Flower - Red Carnation

Ohio adopted its official state flower, the red carnation, in 1904. . . .

Gulf of Tonkin Incident

The Gulf of Tonkin Incident, in 1964, was a major turning point in United States military involvement in Vietnam. . . .

Ohio's State Rock Song - Hang On Sloopy

In 1985, the Ohio General Assembly approved "Hang on Sloopy" as Ohio's official rock song. . . .

Ohio Statehood

By the early 1800s, many people residing in the Northwest Territory in the area that would become modern-day Ohio hoped to become an official state within the United States of America. Most people who supported statehood belonged to the Democratic-Republican Party. . . .