Ohio
Ohio is located in the Midwest of the United States. It is also called the "Buckeye State" and its inhabitants "Buckeyes" after the native Ohio buckeye trees. A number of mounds across the state are evidence of prehistoric cultures that flourished in Ohio, such as the Adena and Hopewell cultures. At the time of European contact, Native American nations of Ohio included the Iroquoian, the Algonquian and the Siouan peoples. The state of Ohio is named after the Ohio River, which has been an important transport route and natural border throughout history. The term means "good river" and comes from the language of the Seneca, a group of Iroquoian-speaking people.
While the Ohio River forms the southern border, the state has a long coastline on Lake Erie in the north. The landscape is characterized by farmland plains, but the Allegheny Plateau, which is part of the Appalachian Mountains, also has hilly land in south-eastern Ohio. French explorers arrived at the Ohio River in the late 17th century and began to control the fur trade with the native tribes. As a result of the Seven Years' War, France ceded the area to Great Britain in 1763, and following the American Revolution, it became part of the Northwest Territory in 1787. After the secession of parts of Michigan and the Indiana Territory, Ohio was admitted to the Union in 1803 as the 17th state and the first Free State since colonial times. The state motto "With God all things are possible" was adopted in 1959. As the Wright brothers were born in Ohio, the state is also called "Birthplace of Aviation".
The city of Cincinnati is an economic and cultural center of the United States. It stretches for 22 miles (35 km) along the Ohio River. At 1,057 feet (322 m), the John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge was the longest suspension bridge in the world when it was opened in 1866. It spans the Ohio River between Cincinnati and Covington, Kentucky.
Facts
- Capital and largest city: Columbus
- Area: 44,825 square miles (116,096 km²)
- Population: 11.8 million
- Date of statehood: 1st March 1803
- Rank of the admission: 17th
Ohio Folding Card
In July 1969, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins made history by becoming the first humans to fly to the moon. Armstrong, who took the famous first step, was also the first civilian NASA astronaut in space. After the Apollo 11 mission, he taught as a professor at the University of Cincinnati in his native state of Ohio. This note of the 50 U.S. States Program features a portrait of Armstrong, a photograph of Buzz Aldrin taken by Armstrong on the moon, the Cincinnati skyline, the command module "Columbia" and the lunar module "Eagle," Ohio's motto "With God, all things are possible", and the year of admission to the Union.
100 Souvenir Dollars
Obverse: Neil Armstrong (1930–2012), astronout, skyline of Cincinnati with bridge, photograph of Buzz Aldrin on the Moon taken by Armstrong, drawings of the Command Module Columbia and the Lunar Module Eagle
Reverse: United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., seals of the commemorative series
| Dimensions: 7.07 x 3.00 inches (179.50 x 76.20 mm) Material: Paper |
