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  Ohio - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Ohio, the region north of the Ohio River and south of the Great Lakes, was originally controlled by various native tribes.
Ohio's southern border is defined by the Ohio River (with the border being at the 1793 low-water mark on the north side of the river), and much of the northern border is defined by Lake Erie.
Ohio was also a deciding factor in the 1948 presidential elections when Democrat Harry S. Truman defeated Republican Thomas Dewey (Who had won the state four years earlier) and in the 1976 presidential elections when Democrat Jimmy Carter defeated Republican Gerald Ford by a slim margain in Ohio and took the election.
open-encyclopedia.com /Ohio   (1476 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: List of Ohio rivers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The Olentangy River is a tributary of the Scioto River in Ohio.
The Scioto River is a river of central and southern Ohio.
Rivers of the United States Rivers in the United States is a list of rivers in the United States.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/List-of-Ohio-rivers   (614 words)

  
 Cuyahoga River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The river is a recent geological formation, formed by the advance and retreat of the last ice sheet during the last ice age.
Fires erupted on the river several more times before June 22, 1969, when a river fire captured national attention when Time magazine described the Cuyahoga as the river that "oozes rather than flows" and in which a person "does not drown but decays".
The Cuyahoga River flows through the Cuyahoga Valley National Park, established in 2000 from the Cuyahoga National Recreation Area, which was protected in 1974.
www.lighthousepoint.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Cuyahoga_River   (426 words)

  
 Maumee River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Maumee River is a river in northwestern Ohio and northeastern Indiana in the United States.
Historically the river was also known as the "Miami" and in treaties with Native Americans, the river was sometimes referred to as the Miami of the lake (in contrast to the "Miami of the Ohio" or the Great Miami River).
In addition to its source tributaries the St. Joseph and St. Marys Rivers, the Maumee's principal tributaries are the Auglaize River and the Tiffin River, which join it at Defiance from the south and north, respectively.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Maumee_River   (379 words)

  
 Ohio River
The river is formed by the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers in downtown Pittsburgh.
The Ohio River was formed by glacial meltwater from the last ice age, the Wisconsin glaciation.
Wherever the river serves as a boundary between states -- Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio on the north, and Kentucky and West Virginia on the south, the river essentially belongs to the two states on the south that were divided from Virginia.
www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/ohio_river   (761 words)

  
 Great Miami River biography .ms   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
In southwestern Hamilton County it is joined by the Whitewater River approximately 5 mi (8 km) upstream from its mouth on the Ohio, on the Ohio-Indiana state line, approximately 15 mi (24 km) west of Cincinnati.
The river is named for the Miami, an Algonquin-speaking Native American people who lived in the region during the early days of white settlement.
The Miami and Erie Canal built in the 1830s connected the upper reaches of the river with Lake Erie and served as the principal route of transportation for western Ohio until the 1850s.
great-miami-river.biography.ms   (240 words)

  
 t r u t h o u t - TO EXCLUSIVE | Conyers to Hold Hearings on Ohio Vote Fraud
In addition, some voters’ names have two ballot stub numbers listed next to their entries creating the appearance that voters were allowed to cast more than one ballot.
Of the voters that are registered in Perry County an extraordinarily large number of voters are listed as having registered in 1977, a year in which there were no federal elections.
Of these an exceptional number are listed as having registered on the exact same day: in total, 3,100 voters apparently registered in Perry County on November 8, 1977.
www.truthout.org /docs_04/120404W.shtml   (4273 words)

  
 Ohio River   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The Ohio River largely supplanted the former Teays River drainagesystem, which was disrupted by the glaciers.
Because of its significant role as the southern border of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, the Ohio River is historically famousas the border dividing free states and slave states.
Wherever the river serves as a boundarybetween states -- Illinois, Indiana,and Ohio on the north, and Kentucky and West Virginia on the south, the river essentially belongs to the twostates on the south that were divided from Virginia.
www.therfcc.org /ohio-river-58630.html   (692 words)

  
 Muskingum River biography .ms   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
It is formed near Coshocton in northeastern Ohio by the confluence of the Walhonding and Tuscarawas rivers.
With the decrease in use of water-based transportation in Ohio in the 1920s, the locks fell into disrepair.
The Muskingum waterway is one of the few remaining systems to use hand-operated river locks in the U.S. In the 1970s, boaters were sometimes, with the permission of the lockmaster, allowed to operate the old-fashioned lock mechanisms themselves.
muskingum-river.biography.ms   (213 words)

  
 Duck River (Ohio) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The Duck River is a tributary of the Ohio River, approximately 30 mi (48 km) long, in southeastern Ohio in the United States.
It is formed in the hill country northern Washington County, approximately 15 mi (24 km) north of Marietta by the confluence of the East Fork Duck River and West Fork Duck River.
The combined river flows south in a highly meandering course and joins the Ohio 3 mi (5 km) east of Marietta, between the mouths of the nearby Muskingum River (to the west) and Little Muskingum River (to the east).
www.hartselle.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Duck_River_(Ohio)   (211 words)

  
 Cuyahoga River biography .ms   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Native Americans referred to the U-shaped river as the Cuyahoga or "crooked river." The Cuyahoga River was the western boundary of the United States from 1795 to 1803.
As the Cuyahoga river found its way to Lake Erie it had to flow around glacial debris left by the receding ice sheet.
The Cuyahoga River flows through the Cuyahoga Valley National Park, established in 2003 from the Cuyahoga National Recreation Area, which was protected in 1974.
cuyahoga-river.biography.ms   (315 words)

  
 Colorado River tops 2004 list of endangered rivers
The river wanders 1,500 miles from the peaks of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado, snaking across Utah, Arizona, Nevada and California before flowing into the Gulf of Baja in Mexico, although in most years it is little more than a trickle when it reaches its delta.
The Big Sunflower River in Mississippi, which was the most endangered river last year because of an Army Corps of Engineers pumping and dredging project that the group said would destroy wetlands and stir up toxins in the river bed, was No. 2 on the group's list.
American Rivers, a Washington-based nonprofit conservation group, says the rivers on the list are not necessarily the ones with the worst chronic problems, but those they say are most in peril because of toxic chemicals, severe water shortages and other problems.
www.uswaternews.com /archives/arcquality/4colorive5.html   (443 words)

  
 Little Miami River biography .ms   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
It joins the Ohio River east of Cincinnati, and is named for the Miami, an Algonquin-speaking Native American people who lived in the region during the early days of white settlement.
A series of state and local parks and bike trails have been built along the river, including the Little Miami Bike Trail (of which the Loveland Bike Trail is a subsection), the Buckeye Trail, and Little Miami Scenic State Park.
The Ohio to Erie Trail project, under contruction, aims to link these trails to other trails statewide to create a single bike trail from Lake Erie to the Ohio River.
little-miami-river.biography.ms   (176 words)

  
 Invasive Plants of Ohio   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Some of Ohio’s invasive plants arrived here by accident, while others were introduced for agricultural use, erosion control, horticulture, forage crops, medicinal use and food for wildlife.
Since these plants are not native to Ohio, they lack the natural predators and diseases which would naturally control them in their native habitats.
The division has compiled a list of more than 60 plants that are currently impacting nature preserves, wildlife areas, parks and forests throughout the state.
www.dnr.state.oh.us /dnap/invasive   (715 words)

  
 Ohio Fast Facts and Trivia
Ohio is the leading producer of greenhouse and nursery plants.
Ohio became the 17th state on March 1, 1803.
Ohio University was founded in 1804 at Athens and is recognized as the first university in Ohio and in the Northwest Territory.
www.50states.com /facts/ohio.htm   (814 words)

  
 Definition of St. Joseph River (Maumee River)
Joseph River is a tributary of the Maumee River, approximately 100 mi (161 km) long, in southern Michigan, northwestern Ohio, and northeastern Indiana in the United States.
It is one of two nearby rivers in the region, along with the St.
Marys River from the north to form the Maumee in downtown Fort Wayne.
www.wordiq.com /definition/St._Joseph_River_(Maumee_River)   (234 words)

  
 Natural Resources Commission - Lake Michigan and Other Navigable Waters   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
In 1993, the Natural Resources Commission adopted its "Outstanding Rivers List for Indiana." The listing was published in the Indiana Register on March 1 of that year as Information Bulletin #4 in Volume 16, Number 6, page 1677 through 1680 (sometimes cited as 16 IR 1677).
To help identify the rivers and streams which have particular environmental or aesthetic interest, a special listing has been prepared by the division of outdoor recreation of the department of natural resources.
The listing is a corrected and condensed version of a listing complied by American Rivers and dated October 1990.
www.in.gov /nrc/policy/outstand.html   (975 words)

  
 Ohio Indian Tribes
All of northern Ohio, except possibly the northwestern corner, and in portions of northwestern Pennsylvania and western New York.
After the original tribes of Ohio had been cleared away, some Miami worked their way into the State, particularly into the western and northern parts, and they gave their name to three Ohio rivers, the Miami, Little Miami, and Maumee.
After abandoning southwestern Ohio some time before 1673, the Mosopelea appear to have settled on the Cumberland, driven thither probably by the Iroquois, and to have given it the name it bears in Coxe's map (1741), Ouesperie, a corruption of Mosopelea.
www.accessgenealogy.com /native/ohio/index.htm   (1912 words)

  
 Rivers Unlimited   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Rivers Unlimited is the Ohio statewide group created by citizens to protect and restore our rivers.
We work to restore, maintain and improve the 61,000 miles of rivers and streams in the state.
The condition of our river waters and corridors affects our economy, our health, our environment, our quality of life, the value of our property and the sustainability of our communities.
www.riversunlimited.org   (125 words)

  
 ohio rivers information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
All the ohio rivers information you need to know about is right here.
Ohio River A river formed by the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers in western Pennsylvania and flowing about 1,578 km to the Mississippi River at Cairo in southern Illinois.
The ohio rivers resources below will assist you in your efforts to find the information that you are looking for.
www.southernkayaks.com /paddling/river/ohio-rivers/index.php   (576 words)

  
 Ohio USA Cleveland Columbus Toledo lakes rivers travel holidays tourism hostels camping nature trekking
Many information about countryside, cottages, homeboats, lakes, rivers, travel, tourism, journey, holidays, trip, maps, guides, natural parks, cycling, backpakers hostels, climbing, hiking, trekking, paddling, bird watching, ecotourism, nature, B and B, climbing, motorbike, car renting, buslines, flying, hitch hiking, and much more....
The site of USA climbers: every cliff in every state is selectionable with clickable maps and described in its most important feature (they also explain you how to get there).
The Hostel Handbook is a really complete and accurate list of hostels and other similar accommodation in North America.
www.vagabondo.net /Eng/Thenet/usa/ohio.html   (694 words)

  
 Ohio EPA Water Quality Study Shows Improvement In Ohio's Rivers and Streams   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Water quality and aquatic resources in Ohio's rivers and streams continue to improve overall, according to a new Ohio EPA study of water bodies statewide.
Ohio EPA's goal is to achieve full support of aquatic life standards in 80 percent of Ohio's streams and rivers by 2010.
Because Ohio uses biological factors as an indication of water quality, the characterization of Ohio's stream quality is much more comprehensive and accurate than assessments that rely solely on chemical data.
www.epa.state.oh.us /pic/nr/2000/june/waterrpt.html   (629 words)

  
 truthout, Conyers Hearings on Ohio Vote Fraud Coverage
We are not talking about one group having dominance over the other, but a real partnership of the traditional political reform community with the traditional civil rights community, and Reverend Jackson is the one that proposed it, has initiated the organization of it.
Interview at the Conyers hearing with Jon Bonifaz, general Counsel of the National Voting Institute, who is bringing a lawsuit against Ohio Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell to see that there be a full recount of the Ohio vote from the November 2004 election.
The answer to that can be found in the letter written by Rep. Conyers to Ohio Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell about voting irregularities and potential fraud in the November election a month ago.
www.truthout.org /cblog.shtml   (4118 words)

  
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We are pleased to offer the following list of books useful as reference and as inspiration for the plant collector and hobbyist.
Also included are lists of plants suitable for growing in specific areas and ideas for garden design.
Listings of plant sources, societies, and organizations have been updated for this edition.
www.succulentplants.com /books.html   (8635 words)

  
 Rivers In Ohio on Almondnet   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
It was wonderful that her friends should seem so little elated by the possession of such a home, that the consciousness of it should be so meekly borne.
Ohio river casinos he opened the door wide...
Map of the Mississippi River and Length of Ohio River and Map of Ohio River Valley and Map of the Missouri River...
www.siuk.org.uk /schb/rivers_in_ohio.html   (367 words)

  
 Researchers ready to find paddlefish in Allegheny and Ohio rivers - PittsburghLIVE.com
If they succeed, they'll be the first people to catch a paddlefish from one of those rivers -- on purpose, at least -- since 1919, when the species vanished from Pennsylvania.
Paddlefish -- notable for the bill-like rostrum on the front of their face -- are filter feeders, straining plankton as small as the tip of a pencil from the water.
From May to September of 2003, another team of researchers studied the zooplankton available in the Allegheny and Ohio to see how much of it was out there and where it was located.
www.pittsburghlive.com /x/tribune-review/sports/outdoors/s_331885.html   (594 words)

  
 2002-2003 list - Rare Native Ohio Plants   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The status list for rare native Ohio plants is revised every two years.
Species designated as added (A) have been recently included in the Division's rare plant inventory and sufficient information is not yet available to assign an endangerment status.
Six Ohio plants are also included on the federal list of endangered and threatened species.
www.dnr.ohio.gov /dnap/heritage/Rare_Species2002.htm   (127 words)

  
 Ohio''''s Rivers on Almondnet   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Michigan and Ohio weight loss clinics help folks achieve up to 75% excess weight loss via a combination of gastric bypass surgery, counseling, and behavior modification.
The Ohio River (Rivers in American Life and Times) The Ohio River (Rivers in American Life and Times)...
Ohio KaviSamrat Viswanadha Satyanarayana was a renowned person in the field of Telugu Literature.
www.siuk.org.uk /schb/ohio%27s_rivers.html   (435 words)

  
 Ohio Documents 2002 Cumulative List
Documents listed are issued by state agencies and received by The State Library of Ohio.
Ohio: a state for the arts: state of the arts report 2001.
The emergency rescission of exiting rules 173-6-01, 173-6-02, 173-6-03, 173-6-04, and 173-6-05 of the Ohio Administrative Code and the emergency adoption of proposed rules 173-1-04, 173-6-01, 173-6-02, 173-6-03, 173-6-04, 173-6-05, 173-6-06, 173-6-07, and 173-6-08 of the Ohio Administrative Code by the Ohio Department of Aging.
winslo.state.oh.us /govinfo/odoc02.html   (4926 words)

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