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West of Chester OH
School District No. 9 Schoolhouse, built in 1900I lived in West Chester OH, a large suburb north of Cincinnati from 1978-1986 as an awkward teenager with limited social skills. Times have changed. West Chester has grown quite a bit and I am now an aw...
Posted: 5/17/2013 4:24 PM
Tales of Brave Ulysses
Grant's birthplace in Point Pleasant OH. It toured the US.April 27th 1822 is President U.S. Grant's 191st birthday!I'm not going to attempt a biography of Grant in a mere blog post. His service during the Civil War is heavily documented. I'll just to...
Posted: 4/26/2013 4:16 PM
Gateway to the Old Northwest
18th century MariettaThe first permanent American settlement of the Northwest Territory officially began at Marietta, Ohio on April 7, 1788.General Rufus Putnam and 48 men arrived on flatboats and named the new city "Marietta" after Queen Marie Antoi...
Posted: 4/7/2013 10:24 AM
The Place of the Devil Wind
National Weather Service photo of the F5 tornadoI didn't live in Ohio when this tragedy happened but the very mention of this event strikes fear in many Southwestern Ohio residents. A super outbreak of 148 tornadoes occurred in 13 states beginning on
Posted: 4/3/2013 11:53 AM
Lucretia, My Reflection
Prior to a week or so ago, I had never heard of Lucretia "Crete" Randolf Garfield. I mean why would I? Her husband James Garfield, the 20th US President, was shot in 1881 four months into his first term and died two months later from well basically t...
Posted: 3/14/2013 3:29 PM
Ohio Statehood Day!
March 1st is Ohio Statehood Day when Ohio became the 17th state in 1803. Happy 210th!Or did Ohio become a state February 19th 1803?Maybe it was it August 7th...1953?We tend to think of these older historical events as neat and tidy occasions where ge...
Posted: 3/1/2013 1:20 PM
The Bad News Buckeyes
Happy President's Day from Gehio!Ohio figures prominently into Presidential history. During Presidential elections, the focus is on Ohio since our voters have correctly picked the winning Presidential candidate in the last 12 election cycles. I suppo...
Posted: 2/18/2013 12:39 PM
Cary-ing On With Alice in NCH
Alice Cary (1820-1871)There was a young gal from OhioShe wrote poems that made folks sigh "oh!"She moved to New Yorkand I have to reportShe inspired this post in Gehio.*Cincinnati area born poet Alice Cary died on this day February 12 1871 at the age
Posted: 2/12/2013 2:58 PM
Tippecanoe and Trivia too!
WHH and the horse he rode in on in CincinnatiUp until a few years ago, thanks to Trivial Pursuit and rushing from the Mayflower to the American Revolution and then on to the Civil War in history classes, (as if nothing really happened in between) I a...
Posted: 2/9/2013 9:45 AM
This is Ohio Idol - McKinley Out
Ohio Idol Bill McKinley in bobblehead formDid you know that Ohio's State Flower is the red carnation?Did you know it had something to do with one of the US Presidents from Ohio who died in office?If you said "who cares?", then you may stop reading no...
Posted: 2/3/2013 3:35 PM
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