Some Places of Historical Interest in the Buckeye State
2/22/2003
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| Milan - Birthplace of inventor Thomas Edison. |
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| Gallipolis - "City of the French," settled by French aristocrats in 1790. | |
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| Oberlin - Home of the first U.S. college to admit women, 1837. |
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| Chillicothe - Ohio's first capital [1801-08]. | |
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| Cleveland - Home of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. |
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| Point Pleasant - Birthplace of Civil War general and U.S. President, Ulysses S. Grant. | |
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| Niles - Birthplace of President William McKinley. |
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| Cincinnati - Key stop on Underground Railroad escape route for slaves and leader in county's anti-slavery movement. | |
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| Akron - Known as the Tire Capital of the World, First synthetic rubber tire in 1940. |
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| Dayton - Birthplace of aviation. Orville and Wilbur Wright opened bicycle shop. | |
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| Barberton - The first book of matches manufactured here in 1896. |
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| North Star - Birthplace of Wild West show star Annie Oakley. | |
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| Canton - Home to the National Football League Hall of Fame. |
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| Wapokoneta - Birthplace of Neil Armstrong, first man to walk on the moon. | |
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| St. Clairsville - U.S. 40/National Road's entry point to Ohio. |
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| Delaware - Home to Little Brown Jug, the Kentucky Derby of harness racing. | |
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| Marietta - First permanent Ohio settlement in 1788. |
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| Columbus - Named permanent state capital in 1816. | |
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| Athens - Ohio University, first state university, chartered in 1804. |
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| Perrysburg - Fort Meigs is key site in War of 1812 siege. | |
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| Portland - Site of Ohio's only Civil War battle at Buffington Island on July 19, 1863. |
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| Fremont - Home of Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center. | |
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| Mount Vernon - W.F. Semple obtained the first chewing gum patent in 1869. |
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| Put-in-Bay - Site of (Commodore Oliver Hazard) Perry's Victory Monument and International Peace Memorial. |
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0"> United States Air Force Museum in Dayton
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Victory Monument and International Peace Memorial at Put-in-Bay BORDER="0"> Ulysses S. Grant
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Annie Oakley was born in North Star
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