Pennsylvania (northeast) West Virginia (east, southeast), Kentucky (south), Indiana (west), Michigan (northwest)
National Parks
Cuyahoga Valley NP
Key Products
Soybeans, Corn, Rubber Products
Natural Resources
Water, Limestone, Sand, Gravel
Ohio - History
1669
Explored for France by Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle
1763
Came under British control after the French and Indian War
1783
The United States acquires the region from the British after the Revolutionary War
1788
Marietta becomes the first permanent settlement, and the capital of the Northwest Territory
1794
General Anthony Wayne achieves victory over the Native Americans in the Battle of Fallen Timbers, which took place along the rapids of the River Maumee, just southwest of present-day Toledo.
1803
17th state admitted to the Union, the first state west of the Alleghenies
Present Day
The Great Serpent Mound, one of then many sculpted effigies built by the mysterious Mound Builders (the largest in the US), attracts thousands of tourists each year
Ohio - Facts
Cleveland is the center of Ohio’s largest metropolitan area and a major producer of automobiles, auto parts, and steel. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is a popular attraction in the city, lying on the waterfront of Lake Erie
Ohio has been for many years the center of the "Rust Belt", an area of high manufacturing and processing, and running from Chicago to New York City
Ohio is second only to Michigan in car manufacturing
Ohio ranks seventh in state population in the nation after California, Texas, New York, Florida, Illinois, and Pennsylvania
Much of the rolling plains of northwestern Ohio were once part of an ancient glacial swamp known as the Great Black Swamp. The Great Black Swamp was drained for the latter part of the 19th century and is now fertile farm country