Description: "Name of Indian origin, signifying 'Beautiful River.' 'Buckeye State.' Explored by La Salle 1679. Ohio Territory organized May 7, 1800. Admitted as a State April 30, 1802. First permanent settlement at Marietta, 1788." — Edison
Source: Thomas F. Edison, Edison's Handy Encyclopaedia of General Information and Universal Atlas (Chicago, IL: Laird and Lee, 1898) 478
Map Credit: The Private Collection of Roy Winkelman |
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