State Profile for Ohio

Added to Union: March 1, 1803 (17th State)	State Official Bird: Cardinal
Capital: Columbus	State Official Flower: Scarlet Carnation
State Website: http://www.ohio.gov/	State Official Tree: Buckeye

Historical Figures from Ohio

• Harold Hitz Burton
  
• Salmon Portland Chase
  
• John Hessin Clarke
  
• Charles Dawes
  
• William Rufus Day
  
• Charles Fairbanks
  
• James Garfield
  
• Ulysses S. Grant
  
• Warren Harding
  
• Benjamin Harrison
  
• Rutherford B. Hayes
  
• Thomas Hendricks
  
• Stanley Matthews
  
• William McKinley
  
• Potter Stewart
  
• Noah Haynes Swayne
  
• William Taft
  
• Morrison Remick Waite
  

Historical Sites in Ohio

• Harding Home and Museum, Marion
  
• Harding Memorial Park, Marion
  
• Harrison Tomb Memorial Site, North Bend
  
• James A. Garfield National Historic Site, Mentor
  
• Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland
  
• McKinley Memorial: Birthplace, Library & Museum, Niles
  
• McKinley Museum and National Memorial, Canton
  
• The Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center, Fremont
  
• The Taft Museum, Cincinnati
  
• Ulysses S. Grant Birthplace, Point Pleasant
  
• William Howard Taft National Historic Site, Cincinnati
  

There are 11 sites in Ohio

Did you know?

Did you know that Thomas Cole founded the Hudson River School in Catskill, NY in the early 1800's? His home (Cedar Grove), and the home of another member of the School, Frederic Edwin Church (called Olana), still stand today in the scenic Catskill mountains.

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