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  Ohio Public Records Copy Request Form
Ohio lands were surveyed and sold by the federal government, private individuals, and by two other states, Virginia and Connecticut.
Other veterans "owned" the same piece of land, and landowners were forced to go to court to have a judge decide who the true owner was.
Except for lands under the control of the states of Virginia and Connecticut, Congress controlled all of the Ohio lands.
www.ohiohistory.org /resource/archlib/forms/landform.html   (748 words)

  
  Ohio   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Ohio, the region north of the Ohio River and south of the Great Lakes, was originally controlled by various native tribes, primarily the Iroquois at the time of European colonization.
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.
As of the 2000 census, the population of Ohio is 11,353,140.
www.bidprobe.com /en/wikipedia/o/oh/ohio.html   (1019 words)

  
 Ohio - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ohio, the region north of the Ohio River and south of the Great Lakes, was originally controlled by various native tribes.
Although Ohio's population numbered only 45,000 in December 1801, Congress determined that the population was growing rapidly and Ohio could begin the path to statehood with the assumption that it would exceed 60,000 residents by the time it would become a state.
Ohio was also a deciding factor in the 1948 presidential election when Democrat Harry S. Truman defeated Republican Thomas Dewey (who had won the state four years earlier) and in the 1976 presidential election when Democrat Jimmy Carter defeated Republican Gerald Ford by a slim margin in Ohio and took the election.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ohio   (2056 words)

  
 Public Lands of Ohio
Ohio Company's Purchase is a body of land containing about 1,500,000 acres; including, however, the donation tract, school lands, etc., lying along the Ohio river; and including Meigs, nearly all of Athens, and a considerable part of Washington and Gallia counties.
Turnpike lands are forty-nine sections, amounting to 31,360 acres, situated along the western side of the Columbus and Sandusky turnpike, in the eastern parts of Seneca, Crawford, and Marion counties.
The Ohio Canal lands are lands granted by Congress to the State of Ohio to aid in constructing her extensive canals.
freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com /~henryhowesbook/publiclands.html   (4992 words)

  
 Ohio   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Ohio is a Midwestern state in the northeastern corner of the United States.
As Ohio prepared for statehood, Indiana Territory was created, reducing the Northwest Territory to the approximately the size of present-day Ohio plus the eastern half of Michigan's lower peninsula.
Ohio was also a deciding factor in the 1948 presidential election when Democrat Harry S. Truman defeated Republican Thomas Dewey (who had won the state four years earlier) and in the 1976 presidential election when Democrat Jimmy Carter defeated Republican Gerald Ford by a slim margain in Ohio and took the election.
www.worldhistory.com /wiki/O/Ohio.htm   (1906 words)

  
 Wildernet - Ohio
Ohio boasts more than 44,000 miles of rivers and streams flowing either south into the Ohio River or north into Lake Erie.
The Ohio River forms the southern border of the state.
Spring temperatures begin to warm the landscapes of Ohio by mid March and are in full swing by April.
areas.wildernet.com /pages/area.cfm?CU_ID=1&areaname=Ohio   (710 words)

  
 Cleveland Digital Library: CLEVELAND CARTOGRAPHY: All about the maps of greater Cleveland and the Western Reserve in ...
Ohio Historical Society Library - the other big collection of historical maps of Ohio, including some of Cleveland and northern Ohio.
Ohio Land Subdivisions (Volume III of Final Report, 1925) - Only the chapter on the Western Reserve has been digitized and offered here.
Short History of Public Lands in Ohio in Adobe PostScript (PDF) file format, from the State Auditor's Office.
www.csuohio.edu /CUT/Clevmaps.htm   (1678 words)

  
 Ohio Vacation Rentals For Rent By Owner Direct
Offering sights of Ohio's most splendid historic and scenic areas, the trail extends over abandoned railroads and former canal towpaths, through forested and grassy public lands, and into quiet towns and bustling urban areas.
Land of the Cross-Tipped Churches Scenic Byway- This level farming region unfolds an array of cross-tipped churches, all of which are on the National Register.
Ohio River Scenic Route - Ohio- The Ohio River Scenic Route passes through 14 counties and encompasses the birthplaces of three U.S. presidents.
www.frbodirect.com /USA/Ohio.htm   (1606 words)

  
 The Athens NEWS: Twice weekly alternative
Republicans in the Ohio House of Representatives are reportedly drafting a bill that would potentially open any public lands held by the state -- plus Lake Erie -- to drilling for oil and gas.
He said this way, all the public land in Ohio wouldn't simply be thrown open to drilling, but the process would be driven by industry interest in particular sites.
ODNR's records show a handful of wells on public land in the county, the lands being held by such entities as Hocking College, the Ohio Department of Transportation, and the Hocking Correctional Center.
www.athensnews.com /issue/article.php3?story_id=21725   (895 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Ohio public lands   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Kelleys Island State Park is an Ohio state park that, as noted by the name, makes up almost all of the northern third of Kelleys Island; it is your typical state park with hiking and campgrounds; the glacial grooves are actually part of Glacial Grooves State Memorial.
Fort Ancient is a collection of American Indian mounds and fortifications located in Washington Township, Warren County, Ohio, along the eastern shore of the Little Miami River about seven miles southeast of Lebanon on State Route 350.
Ohio state parks 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Ohio-public-lands   (884 words)

  
 Public Lands   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Land grants during the colonial period, which were made by the respective sovereigns, or their representatives, are found in the original colony (state) archives.
The public domain was divided into north-south strips of land, six miles wide, called ranges, and east-west strips of land, six miles wide, called townships.
The tract books, which contain the records of the first land transfer of a piece of land in the public domain, may be found in the National Archives, state land offices, state archives, or in historical societies.
abqgen.swnet.com /article8.htm   (641 words)

  
 Auditor of State of Ohio - Student Resources   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
By law, the Ohio Auditor of State’s Office serves as the custodian of the records relating to public lands within the state.
Ohio occupies a unique place in the development of the public lands of the United States.
Central to the statehood-making process was the rational system of land division worked out in Ohio, and it is the story of that development outlined in the Ohio Lands Book, and the student version Along the Ohio Trail.
www.auditor.state.oh.us /StudentResources   (208 words)

  
 U.S. Public Lands   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The Territory was created by the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 from lands that had been ceded to the fledgling U.S. government by Virginia and some other states.
The relevant documents are the Land Ordinance of May 20, 1785, and the Land Ordinance of May 18, 1796.
The requirements for acquiring public land were eased over a period of years, culminating in the Homestead Act of 1862 which made it possible to get title to land for free provided that the land was improved and occupied by the claimholder.
users.rcn.com /deeds/public.htm   (288 words)

  
 BLM Info: Land for Sale?
Lands identified as excess to the public's and Government's needs or more suited to private ownership are sometimes offered for sale.
This land is the responsibility of the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM).
There are no public lands managed by the BLM in Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Hawaii, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia.
www.pueblo.gsa.gov /cic_text/fed_prog/landsale/LandForSale.html   (1233 words)

  
 BLM 2003 Public Rewards from Public Lands - Eastern States
These historic documents were among the very first land records developed from the Land Ordinance of 1785, which authorized the transfer of public lands to private individuals.
The BLM is responsible for the protection and preservation of wild horses and burros that roam on public lands.
We have formally partnered with the county, State, and National Land Trust to prepare a regional conservation strategy for Federal and State lands in one of the most ecologically and culturally significant landscapes in the State of Maryland.
www.blm.gov /nhp/pubs/rewards/2003/es.htm   (2023 words)

  
 BLM Lands and Realty Publication: Lands For Sale?
Public Land is undeveloped land with no improvements, usually part of the original public domain established during the western expansion of the United States.
The BLM does not offer much land for sale because of a congressional mandate in 1976 to generally retain these lands in public ownership.
These are lands that have been identified as unneeded by the Federal Government or as better utilized in private ownership.
www.blm.gov /nhp/what/lands/realty/pubs/land4sal   (1254 words)

  
 Ohio   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
As Ohio prepared for statehood, Indiana Territory was created, reducing the Northwest Territory to the approximately the size of present-day Ohio.
The 5 largest religions in Ohio are Roman Catholic (20%), Baptist (15%), Methodist (11%), "Christian" (6%), Lutheran (5%).
The mixture of urban and rural areas, and the presense of both large blue-collar industries and significant white-collar commercial districts leads to a balance of conservative and liberal population that (together with the state's 20 electoral votes, more than most swing states) makes the state very important to the outcome of national elections.
www.yotor.com /wiki/en/oh/Ohio.htm   (1353 words)

  
 OMTA
Access to public held land, and the recreational opportunities they provide, proved to be the most popular topics at public meetings held across the state to seek comment on the future of Ohio's natural resources, and the varied recreation these lands provide.
OMTA wants to chart a course for Ohio's public lands so that future generations know how to best ensure protection of the resource and provide for recreation and other uses of the land.
OMTA members opinions are diverse and wide ranging, but members are united in educating its members on public information/perception and education efforts; solid law enforcement; sustainable forestry; science-based ecosystem management; water quality; volunteerism; and land acquisition.
www.geocities.com /seb4w/OMTA.html   (732 words)

  
 Ohio Public Safety Video Catalog
A complete history of the license plate program in Ohio is presented in this video, with a detailed evolution of the license plate from early registration of a few motor vehicles to the most modern registration and equipment process of today.
Developed by the State of Ohio Security Task Force, these materials will help the first responder and provide a safeguard in the event of a chemical or biological disaster or event, and to provide protection if they are assigned duties during such events.
Filmed on location and with the assistance of the Ohio State Highway Patrol and many other state and local law enforcement agencies, the viewer is shown cues that indicate probabilities that a motorcycle operator under observation may be driving while intoxicated.
www.publicsafety.ohio.gov /filmcatalog.html   (6169 words)

  
 BFC Forest Protection Project   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The goal of the Forest Protection Project is to protect the Wayne National Forest (Ohio's only national forest) and Ohio's 19 state forests for recreation and wildlife by preventing timber extraction, coal mining, and oil and gas drilling on these natural areas.
While Ohio's public lands comprise only seven percent of the Ohio land base, they provide relatively large tracts of forest, and present us with opportunities for recreation, the protection of wildlife habitat, and the reintroduction of extirpated species.
These lands comprise over 400,000 acres throughout Ohio.4 They sit in a sea of private land holdings which have been vastly cleared for farms, roads, towns, and tree farms.
www.buckeyeforestcouncil.org /prjfprot.htm   (378 words)

  
 Marie J. Desonier State Nature Preserve - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Marie J. Desonier State Nature Preserve is located in eastern Athens County, Ohio.
It is heavily forested, on Jordan Run near its headwaters, in Deep Hollow.
This Ohio state location article is a stub.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Desonier_State_Nature_Preserve   (126 words)

  
 Ohio   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
US-OH Ohio is an east-central state of the United States.
Ohio is an Iroquois word meaning "great water." The name refers to the river that forms its southern border.
The US Navy has named a series of ships USS Ohio in honor of this state.
usapedia.com /o/ohio.html   (460 words)

  
 Take the Word 'Public' and Insert 'Corporate' Into the Phrase 'Public Lands'
You may recognize the jewels of the system such as Yellowstone National Park or the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: yet the majority of public lands are inconspicuous tracts of green acreage on maps where people bird watch, house cradles of evolution for biodiversity and provide unmatched tranquility and wildness.
For the first time, citizens who’s taxes pay for federal lands, were asked to pay a stealth tax, a double fee for hiking or camping on their own federal lands.
Because it is not the issue of helping to fund public lands, rather, it is a big slide down the slippery slope of having our public lands become “pay to play” fee zones.
www.commondreams.org /views04/1207-37.htm   (1633 words)

  
 BFC - Buckeye Forest Council - Protecting Ohio's forests and their inhabitants.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The more accurate information available to the public about the management activities on public land the easier it is to dispell industry and agency myths about their stated activities versus the actual effects on public land.
Without concerned citizens willing to put a little time into caring for and looking after our public lands, the forests will continue to be cut, mined, and degraded with little public oversight.
The Buckeye Forest Council is a grassroots organization dedicated to the protection of Ohio's forests and their inhabitants through education, advocacy, and organizing.
www.buckeyeforestcouncil.org /timber   (625 words)

  
 American Discovery Trail: Ohio
In 1803, Ohio was the first state to be carved out of the Northwest Territory.
The trail is marked with blue blazes for the Buckeye Trail section and ADT markers for connections to West Virginia and Indiana.
The ADT route in Ohio is 511 miles long, on trails through public lands and private lands with landowner permission.
www.discoverytrail.org /states/ohio   (368 words)

  
 Ohio Public Lands
Caesar Creek Lake is located in Southwest Ohio and is situated in a geologic region known for Ordovician Age fossil collecting.
Other areas are at: Eagle Creek (mile 416 in Ripley, Ohio); Ohio Brush Creek (mile 388); Augusta, Kentucky; and, Manchester, Ohio.
The 2,100-acre C. Brown Dam and Reservoir and a Corps-operated Visitor Center are located in central Ohio between the urban areas of Columbus and Dayton is home to two rare and unique prairie fens.
www.biggamehunt.com /sections/Ohio/public_lands/page1.html   (424 words)

  
 cantonrep.com
Jim Hughes, deputy director of the Bureau of Land Management — which, with the Forest Service, manages 98 percent of grazing permits — said the agency charges a fee set by law and is not advocating a change or an increase.
Ranchers who hold public lands grazing permits get a deal, paying as little as $1.43 per animal unit month — the amount of forage a cow and her calf can eat in a month — according to the GAO.
Jeff Eisenberg, executive director of the Public Lands Council, which advocates for ranchers, said the numbers in the report don’t represent the whole picture.
www.cantonrep.com /index.php?Category=23&ID=250431&r=14   (431 words)

  
 Ohio : OH
fought a war with Michigan in 1835 over the city of Gargamesh, (now Toledo, Ohio) known as the Toledo War; Ohio won Toledo.
Its capital is Columbus, located close to the center of the state.
Much of Ohio features glaciated plains, with an exceptionally flat area in the northwest being known as the Black Swamp.
www.wordlookup.net /oh/oh.html   (560 words)

  
 Ohio Game & Fish Magazine Online
Record-class bucks fall every year in Ohio, and thanks to prime habitat conditions and aggressive management principles, 2005 should be another banner year for Buckeye State hunters.
Now's the time for some excitement from the walleyes in Ohio, where state fisheries biologists are expecting excellent fishing for 'eyes in the 20- to 30-inch range this year.
It's November, and duck and goose hunting in northeastern Ohio is definitely on a roll...
www.ohiogameandfish.com /oh_aa114003a   (499 words)

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