Did
you know...Charles
Kettering had over 300 patents including the automobile
self-starter in 1911. His home Ridgeleigh Terrace was the
first home in the US to have air conditioning.
Did
you know...John
Lambert of Ohio City (near Van Wert) built the first automobile
in America in 1891.
Did
you know...Bellefontaine
is known for the first concrete street in America and for
the shortest street in America (20' Long)
Did
you know...Cincinnati was the fist city to have a full-time,
paid fire department and also had the first ambulance service
in America. Did
you know...Ermal
Fraze of Kettering invented the pull-top can opener as
well as the current pop-top can opener.
Did
you know...Michigan and Ohio were at "war" in 1835
during the "Toledo
War". If you have ever driven in Williams County
near CR N-30, CR K in Fulton County or Old State Line Road
in Lucas County, you will notice a quick "jog" in
the road. All of the land north of these roads were in dispute.
Congress stepped in and gave the land to Ohio, Michigan received
the western 2/3 of the Upper Peninsula.
Did
you know...Oberlin
College, founded in 1833 was the first interracial and
coed college in the US. Its first African-American, Female,
Mary Jane Patterson, graduated in 1862
Did
you know...In 1879 Cleveland was the first city to be lighted
electrically.
Did
you know...Teflon was accidentally created by Roy
J. Plunkett of New Carlisle.
Did
you know...The first traffic light in the US was lighted in
Cleveland on August 15, 1914.
Did
you know...The Cincinnati
Redlegs were the first professional baseball team.
Did
you know...Ohio was the first state to enact laws to protect
working women in 1852.
Did
you know...chewing
gum was first patented by Mount Vernon native W.F. Semple
in 1869.
Did
you know...Ted
Turner was born in Cincinnati in 1938
Did
you know...in 1883, Barney
Kroger took his $372 life savings and started the first
store owner to combine a bakery and meat market in the same
story. Krogers is now one of the largest grocery store chains.
Did
you know...In 1972 Vincent Marotta of Cleveland invented the
Mr. Coffee,
the first drip coffee maker.
Did
you know...the first gorilla born in captivity Colo,
was born at the Columbus Zoo in 1956.
Did
you know...Elmer's
Glue began in 1947 as Cascorez Glue from Columbus' Borden
Co.
Did
you know...Hugh
Downs from 20/20 was born in Akron.
Did
you know...UNO was invented in 1971 by Reading barber Merle
Robbins.
Did
you know...Steven
Speilberg was born in Cincinnati in 1946.
Did
you know...In 1920, Jim
Bagby of the Cleveland Indians, was the first pitcher
to hit a home run in the World Series
Did
you know...The Big Brothers Big Sisters organization was started
in 1903 by Irvin
Westheimer from Cincinnati.
Did
you know...in 1912, Life Savers candy was invented by Clarence
Crain of Cleveland.
Did
you know...Moses
Fleetwood Walker was the first African-American to play
major league baseball for the Toledo Blue Stockings in 1883.
Did
you know...Bob
Heft, former mayor of Napoleon, designed the current US
Flag in 1958 for a school project. He got a B- from his teacher.
Did
you know...Huron and Erie Counties are known as the "Firelands".
The Connecticut Western Reserve repaid villagers of Connecticut
towns burned by the British troops in the Revolutionary War
with land in the "Firelands" in Ohio.
Did
you know...Scott
Hagan, of Belmont County painted the Ohio 20'x20' mural
on 87 barns in the state. Putnam County does not have a barn
with the required traffic, so a large barn on SR 15 in Defiance
County has the mural on two sides.
Did
you know...Sarah
Jessica Parker was born in Nelsonville on 3/25/1965.
Did
you know...The Worlds
Longest Yard Sale is held the first Thursday-Sunday of
August on US 127 from the Ohio/Michigan State Line to Gadsden,
AL.
Do
you know...Put-in-Bay's Beer
Barrel Saloon is home to the longest bar, 405' 10",
and has 56 taps
Did
you know...A 5,200 lb granite ball on top of a tombstone has
been moving since 1898 in Marion.
Did
you know...Phyllis
Diller was born in Lima on June 17, 1917.
Did
you know...The official Superbowl game balls are made at the
Wilson
Football Factory in Ada.
Did
you know..."Cy"
Young was born on March 29, 1867, in Gilmore in Harrison
County.
Did
you know...Millsville re-named their town in 1819 to Twinsburg
to honor identical twins, Moses and Aaron Wilcox, who donated
$20 for six acres for a town square and a school.
Did
you know...The World's
Largest Crystal Ball is located in Westerville.
Did
you know... William
Clark Gable was born in Cadiz on February 1, 1901.
Did
you know... Pringles Potato Chips were named after Pringle
Drive in Cincinnati. (Home of Proctor and Gamble)
Did
you know... One of the "funniest" intersections
in the United States is located in West Chester. The corner
of Grinn
Drive and Barrett Road.
