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| *Bird-cardinal adopted in 1933 *State-17th state *Flag-adopted in 1902 *Flower-red carnation adopted in 1904 in memory of President William McKinley, who always wore a red carnation on his lapel. *Seal-adopted in 1967 *Tree-Buckeye tree became official in 1953 |
| -John L. Lambert built the first gasoline-powered automoblie in 1891. -Alexander Winston sold the very first automoblie in the U.S. in 1898 -Frank Avery operated the first full-time service station in 1899. -Barney Oldfield first person to operate an automoblie at 1 mile an hour. -First cord tire produced in Akron Ohio in 1910. -Standard Oil Co. of Ohio the first atation in 1917. -Orville and Wilbur Wright conducted the world's first successful powered flight in 1903. -John H. Glenn first American to orbit the the earth in 1962. -Jerrie Mock first woman to fly solo around the world in 1964. -Neil Armstrong the first man to walk on the moon in 1969. -In 1852 Ohio became the first state to enact laws protecting the working woman. -Ohio gave America the first hot dog, created by Harry Stevens in 1900. -John D. Rockfeller America's first billionaire. -Town and Country was America's first shopping store. |
| Carroll County was formed on Christmas Day in 1832. The county was named after Charles Carroll, he was the last surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence. Originally Carrollton was called Centerville when it was founded. Pekin was the first town in Carroll County in 1808. First school was in Brown Township in 1812. |
| Stark County was named after one of George Washington's Revolutionary War Generals, John Stark. Canton was organized in March 16,1809. Paris was organized April 1,1818. Tuscarawas County was organized in December 3,1821. New Philadelphia was founded by John Knisley in 1804, who first visited Ohio while deer hunting with his son, admiring it he returned home in Bedford County Pennsylvania, sold his possesions and move his wife and ten children. John persuaded 33 others to join him. In 1806 a young bachelor named Christian Deardorff arrived in Ohio territory with his brother-in-law, Jesse Slingluff, a Balitmore merchant. The pair purchased 2,175 acres of $4,622.00 and began planning a town that eventually became Dover. |
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