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Originally posted by DeltAlum
Well, you're just a tad off there. No mountains in Ohio -- but some really pretty rolling hills in the S.E.
Of course the real reason for Ohio is a bunch of Revolunary War heros who were deeded land in lieu of pay for their war service, who formed the Ohio Company and settled the Northwest Territory. My Alma Mater was chartered in the same ordinance that formed the territory.
Oh, and it was some Ohioans who helped the U.S. Leigon defeat the Iriquois Confederacy and British Army to help secure the new nation from attack at the Battle of Fallen Timbers. That battle was fought on the farm where my wife grew up. Her father owned the land. It's a park now.
In the ensuing years, Ohio has produced four U.S. Presidents, has more cities in the major TV markets than any other state in the union, given us the Wright Brothers, an excellent state university system -- including the oldest public university West of the Allegheny/Apalachian Mountains (Ohio University, chartered in 1787 and founded in 1804), is one of the most important "swing states" in any election and, just for the heck of it, produced last year's National Champion college football team.
Oh yeah, and it also was on the winning side in the Civil War and produced a couple of the generals probably most responsible for that, including U. S. Grant. Great general, lousy President. Oh well, you can't win them all.
So, I find it facinating that my home state doesn't deserve to exist, but I don't think I'll appologize for it.
Now, I didn't catch where you're from...
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Man, i KNEW that post was gonna rouse DA.
You tell em!
and BTW, you can keep your original 13 colonies. I'll be doing just fine in the only state to ever have been it's own nation complete with foriegn embassies and recognition from European countries, thank you very much. I think y'all know which one i'm referring to.
Kitso
KS 361 times yes, i realize that Texas, as it's own republic suffered massive debt issues, but in today's society we wouldn't have to deal with that, cuz we'd just jack up our oil prices to the rest of y'all
