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OHIO
Ohio
By : Kayla Alston
Ohio’s state flag
• Ohio's state flag was adopted in 1902. The
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 and that Ohio was the 17th state
admitted to the union. The white circle with
its red center not only represents the "O" in
Ohio, but also suggests Ohio's famous
nickname, "The Buckeye State."
Picture of Ohio's flag
Ohio’s state
• "With God All Things Are Possible" became
Ohio's state motto on October 1, 1959. James
Mastronardo, a 12 year-old boy
recommended this quotation from the Bible.
Ohio’s state song
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I sailed away;
Wandered afar;
Crossed the mighty restless sea;
Looked for where I ought to be.
Cities so grand, mountains above,
Led to this land I love.
(Chorus )
Beautiful Ohio, where the golden grain
Dwarf the lovely flowers in the summer rain.
Cities rising high, silhouette the sky.
Freedom is supreme in this majestic land;
Mighty factories seem to hum in tune, so grand.
Beautiful Ohio, thy wonders are in view,
Land where my dreams all come true!
(Original Chorus as written by Ballard MacDonald)
Drifting with the current down a moonlit stream
While above the Heavens in their glory gleam
And the stars on high
Twinkle in the sky
Seeming in a paradise of love divine
Dreaming of a pair of eyes that looked in mine
Beautiful Ohio, in dreams again I see
Visions of what used to be.
Ohio’s governor
TED STRICKLAND
• Born in Lucasville, Ohio , Strickland was one of nine
children; his father was a steelworker. A 1959 graduate
of Northwest High School , Strickland went on to be
the first member of his family to attend college.
Strickland was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree in
history with a minor in psychology from Asbury college
in 1963. In 1966, he received a Master of Arts degree in
guidance counseling from the University of Kentucky
and a Master of Divinity from the Asbury Theological
Seminary in 1967. He then returned to the University
of Kentucky to earn his PH.D in counseling physcholgy
in 1980.
Ohio’s state capital
• Columbus is the capital and largest city in the
us state of Ohio, the state's third largest
metropolitan area behind Cincinnati and Cleve
land , and the fourth largest city in the
American Midwest . Named for explorer
Christopher Columbus , the city was founded
in 1812 at the confluence of the Scioto and
Olentangy rivers, and assumed the functions
of state capital in 1816 Ohio's state capital is
Columbus.
Ohio’s current license plate.
Information on Ohio's license plate
• Abortion advocates in Ohio filed a lawsuit seeking to stop sales of
the state’s Choose Life license plate one month before they will be
available to motorists. The American Civil Liberties Union claims
the plates discriminate against abortion advocates because no
pro-abortion version is offered.
• Thirteen states have adopted Choose Life license plates, where
proceeds benefit pro-life groups, adoption agencies, and
pregnancy help centers. Those states include Alabama, Arkansas,
Connecticut, Florida, Hawaii, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi,
Montana, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota and
Tennessee.
• License plates backing abortion have been approved in Hawaii and
Montana.
Ohio’s major industries.
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Despite losing chunks of their base over the past decade, Cincinnati and
Cleveland still rank near the top for manufacturing employment, according to the
2008 Ohio Manufacturers Directory.
Cincinnati ranked fifth in the country, and Cleveland was 10th in the listings
compiled by Evanston, Ill.-based MNI. The two cities have 17 percent of the more
than 1 million manufacturing jobs in Ohio and 16 percent of the state's nearly
20,000 manufacturers.
"Cincinnati has always been a major industrial force with Procter & Gamble
(NYSE: PG), U.S. Playing Card and AK Steel (NYSE: AKS) headquartered there,"
said Tom Dublin, president of MNI. "Cleveland actually has more manufacturing
plants, but those facilities on average employ fewer workers than those in
Cincinnati."
Cincinnati counts 1,455 manufacturers and about 97,600 manufacturing jobs, 7.3
percent and 9.3 percent of the state total, respectively. Cleveland has 1,770
manufacturers (9.2 percent), and about 77,900 jobs (7.6 percent).
Ohio's major landform (1)
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During the past two million years, glaciers have shaped and reshaped the surface
of Ohio several times. These continental masses of ice affected as much as twothirds of the state. Moving from the north and northwest, glaciers have scraped
and flattened the landscape. Often more than a mile thick, they smoothed
existing hills and filled valleys with enormous amounts of rocks, gravel, and
smaller particles.
Through these actions, glaciers have had a very important impact on the
agriculture of Ohio. Their activity has been felt in two noticeable ways: shaping
the ground upon which people work and build, and forming the soils that cover
that ground. One of the most dramatic remains of glaciers in Ohio can be seen at
the Glacial Grooves State Memorial on Kelley’s Island in Lake Erie. Rocks and
gravel embedded in the glacial ice ground away rock leaving scratches and
grooves in the bedrock. The part of Ohio that was covered by glaciers includes
about two-thirds of the northern and western parts of the state. Most of
southeastern Ohio was not covered by glaciers. In glaciated Ohio, the surface of
the land usually is fairly level or gently rolling. On the other hand, steep ridges,
hills and shaded valleys, characterize unglaciated Ohio.
Ohio's major landform (2)
• The rolling hills and valleys of the Allegheny Plateau stretch across
the far-south as well as the eastern-half of Ohio. Another hilly
area in east-central Ohio contains the state's highest point;
Campbell Hill, at 1,549 ft.
With over 300 miles of Lake Erie shoreline and thousands of miles
of rivers, Ohio is truly defined by these valuable, and useful
waterways.
The most significant river is the Ohio as it forms it entire southern
border, and much of its eastern border.
Other major rivers of note include the Miami, Maumee,
Muskingum and Scioto.
Ohio's major landform (3)
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The Interior Low Plateaus constitute a diverse landscape that extends from
north Alabama across central Tennessee and Kentucky into southern Illinois,
Indiana, and Ohio. It consists of six distinct sub regions: the Shawnee Hills,
Bluegrass region, Western Highland Rim, Central Basin, Eastern Highland
Rim, and Tennessee Valley. Its hilly topography sets it apart from the Coastal
Plain to the south and Prairie Peninsula to the north .
• To the west, the valley of the Mississippi River separates the Interior
Low Plateaus from the Ozark Highlands, the two of which share many
similarities. Western mesophytic, oak-hickory, and beech-maple
forests were historically the most abundant cover types. There were
also tallgrass prairie elements in the north and northwest, oak
savannahs in the Bluegrass and other northern sections, barrens and
glades in central regions, and forested wetlands along major
waterways.