Most Popular Entries

Ohio History Central is visited by thousands of people around the world each and every month. This collection contains the ten most popular entries from the encyclopedia during the past month.

Proclamation of 1763

The Proclamation of 1763 forbade English colonists to live west of the Appalachian Mountains. . . .

Tecumseh

Tecumseh was born in 1768, probably at Old Piqua, along the Mad River in Ohio. He was a Shawnee Indian and eventually became one of their greatest leaders. their greatest chiefs. . . .

Sea World of Ohio

Sea World of Ohio was a major amusement park that operated in Aurora, Ohio from 1970 to 2004. The park was located on Geauga Lake and featured Shamu, the killer whale. . . .

French and Indian War

The French and Indian War (1754 -1763) was one in a series of wars fought between England and France beginning in the late 1600s. . . .

Ohio's State Tree - Buckeye

The Ohio Buckeye was designated as the official state tree in 1953 by the Ohio legislature. . . .

Ohio's State Bird - The Cardinal

In 1933, the Ohio General Assembly made the cardinal Ohio's state bird. The cardinal's scientific name is Cardinalis Cardinalis. . . .

Cuyahoga River Fire

On June 22, 1969, industrial pollutants on the Cuyahoga River caught fire in Cleveland, Ohio, drawing national attention to environmental problems in Ohio and elsewhere in the United States. . . .

Shawnee Indians

The Shawnee Indians were living in the Ohio Valley as early as the late 1600s. The Iroquois Indians were unwilling to share these rich hunting grounds and drove the Shawnees away. . . .

Second Great Awakening

The Second Great Awakening was a religious revival that occurred in the United States beginning in the late eighteenth century and lasted until the middle of the nineteenth century. While it occurred in all parts of the United States, it was especially strong in the Northeast and the Midwest. . . .

Stock Market Crash of 1929

During the late 1920s, the stock market in the United States boomed. Millions of Americans began to purchase stock, causing the market to dramatically increase in value. Unfortunately for the economy, so many Americans invested money in the stock market that stocks became inflated in price. . . .