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Ohio, the 17th State

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Ohio became America’s 17th state on March 1, 1803. Ohio is offen called The Mother of Presidents” because eight U.S. Presidents was born their. It is also know as “The Buckeye State. The buckeye is the states official tree. Many famous firsts have occur in Ohio. Cincinnati had the first major league baseball team and the first American kindergarten was in Columbus. Did you know that the first banana split was made in Ohio!

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Ohio became America's 17th state on March 1, 1803. Ohio is often called "The Mother of Presidents" because eight U.S. presidents were born there. It is also known as "The Buckeye State." The buckeye is the state's official tree. Many famous firsts have occurred in Ohio. Cincinnati had the first major league baseball team and the first American kindergarten was in Columbus. Did you know that the first banana split was made in Ohio?

 

Article by Gary Hopkins
Education World® Editor in Chief
Copyright © 2005 Education World

 

03/2005