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Glass City . Toledo got the name of glass for being the glass capital of the world. Glass from Toledo was in the World Trade Center Towers.
| What European country also has a city named Toledo? | Toledo, Ohio
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| What were the names of the two towns that combined to make Toledo? | Toledo, Ohio
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Port Lawrence and Vistula. I like the sound of those two better than Toledo. Oh well.
| What is the nickname for the University of Toledo's sports teams? | Toledo, Ohio
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Rockets. The Falcons are Bowling Green State University's nickname. The Storm is the minor league hockey team in Toledo.
| Where does the University of Toledo play their home football games? | Toledo, Ohio
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The Glass Bowl. Glass City, Glass Bowl. Its all connected.
| Where does the University of Toledo play their home basketball games? | Toledo, Ohio
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Savage Hall. Anderson Arena is BGSU's basketball arena. Stambaugh Stadium is Youngstown State's football stadium. The Seagate Centre is in downtown Toledo. The Mid-American Conference basketball championship used to be played there.
| What is the name of Toledo's minor league baseball team? | Toledo, Ohio
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Mud Hens. The most popular minor league baseball team thanks to a little help from M*A*S*H and Jamie Farr.
Katie Holmes. She attended Notre Dame Academy.
5. They are: Michigan, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Kentucky & Indiana.
Scioto . The Scioto River originates in Auglaize County and runs into the Ohio River at Portsmouth.
| The National Road runs east and west through Ohio. What is its number? | Ohio Geography
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40. Both 70 and 75 are Interstates, 40 and 23 are both U.S. Highways. U.S. 40 was the first major road built in the United States. There is only one highway that has the historical name of "National Road" and the is U.S. Route 40.
Ohio River. The lowest point is the Ohio River at Hamilton County, 433ft above sea level.
Bellefontaine. It is called Campbell Hill and it is 1550ft above sea level.
40,953 sq.mi.. I found a different statistic on all my sources so I used the Rand McNally Atlas.
t. The Seneca word means "beautiful river".
f. It is actually "With God, All Things Are Possible".
Cardinal. Cardinals live in the state of Ohio all year round.
White Trillium. The white trillium is a member of the lily family. Its leaves grow in groups of three.
Black Racer Snake. When Jacob Mercer was in the fourth grade, he wrote a letter to the state legislators suggesting that they name an official state reptile. He and his classmates chose the black racer snake because it lives in all counties in Ohio and is known as the "farmer's friend" because it eats rodents. It was adopted as the state reptile in 1995.
Yes. The state fossil is the trilobite, a now-extinct invertebrate arthropod, which is named for its three-lobed body. Trilobites lived in Ohio during the Ordovician period, about 440 million years ago, when the state was covered with saltwater. The largest known complete trilobite fossil was found at Huffman Dam in Montgomery County.
Ladybug. Ohioans love ladybugs for many reasons. The "queenly" ladybug is proud and friendly like Ohioans. The ladybug is industrious and hardy and keeps its charm even under tough living conditions. Also, the ladybug consumes millions of harmful insects.
Ohio Flint. Flint is a smooth, hard type of quartz. Ohio's Native Americans chipped flint to make knives, spear points, and arrowheads.
t. The large, brown seeds of this tree look like the eyes of a male white-tailed deer, Ohio's state animal. The tallest buckeye tree in the state is in Hamilton County and is 82 feet high.
f. It is actually tomato juice. Ohio leads the United States in production of tomato juice and is second only to California in actual tomato production.
"Beautiful Ohio". The state song was written by Mary Earl and Ballard MacDonald.
"Hang on Sloopy". It was written by Rick Derringer, who is from Celina, Ohio. The song was adopted in 1985.
Delaware County. The geographic center is in Delaware County, 25 miles north-northeast of Columbus.
74. The largest is Shawnee-Roosevelt State Park.
28 degrees F. Ohio's winters are usually cold and dry because of the cold fronts that come down from the north.
| What ancient Native Americans left burial mounds throughout the Ohio region? | Beautiful Ohio
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Mound Builders. More than 6,000 burial mounds and forts were left in the Ohio area. Many mounds can still been seen in Ohio parks. In the late 1600's, European explorers found Delaware, Shawnee, Wyandot, and Miami tribes living in the region.
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