Ohio

__**Ohio**__ By Lindesy May "Welcome to the **Buckeye State**

State Facts:

44, 828 square miles

The population is 11, 542, 645

Ohio mostly has Urban

Geography: We have hills, vallys, forestes and farmland

The graet Lake Erie and Ohio River

Climate:

We have all four seasons spring, summer, fall and winter

Crops and Industries

Ohio is such an interesting state. Ohio is known for there food prossesing. It is amazing how fast they can get food one place to another. Here are some of the natural recoures. The big natural resoures are soil and water because we have all of the lakes. The big crops are pretty yummy like corn and soybeans. I've never had soybeans but someday i might.

Goverment

State Governor: Ted Striekland Capital: Columbus U.S Senators: Sherrod Brown and Rob Portamn U.S Representatives: # 18 Democrats: # 5 Republicans: # 13 State Senators: # 33 State Representatives: # 99 Counties: # 88 Other Info: The 33 state senators and the 99 state representatives make new laws and dicid how state money is spent.

Culture We are pretty big in football here in Ohio. Our team is the Cincinnati Reds. What I think is cool is that in Ohio we have the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland. Maybe you can visit soon. For the art the people in Ohio make pottery just like the Native Americans did back then. It's probably really pretty. They have the best ice cream in the U.S.A. I thought the culture was pretty cool.

Symbol
 * Beautiful Ohio state song
 * Cardinal is our bird
 * Buckeye tree
 * Scarlet Carnation the flower
 * White Tailed Deer is s the animal
 * Ladybug is my bug
 * Gemstone is the Ohio Flint
 * Buckeye state is our nickname

History


 * 1669 Louis Joliet and Jean Pere first crossed Lake Erie
 * The native americans lived in Ohio in 1000 BC
 * La Salle explored the Ohio River 1670
 * 1803 became the 17th state
 * 1763 the french and indian war ended Ohio is turned over to Britten
 * 1783 Revolutionary war ends Britten turns Ohio to the United States
 * The largest power outage in the U.S in history starts in Ohio affecting 6 states and costed businesses about 6 billion dollars

Native Americans

Now I will tell you about the native americans. There are no recognized tribes in Ohio. The majority of the tribes live in Mississippi. I wonder why the tribes moved from Ohio to Mississippi.

I hope you enjoyed learning about Ohio !!