It Happened in Ohio Remarkable Events That

The It Happened In series has delighted history buffs, tourists, and local residents for nearly twenty years with lively, easy-to- read, short glimpses into both little-known and extensively chronicled events that have shaped American history.

Carol Cartaino has more than thirty years' experience as a writer, editor, and book publisher---and as an Ohioan. She lives in rural Seaman, Ohio.

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Introduction	p. ix
The Mystery Beneath the Mystery-Adams County, 250 Million Years Ago	p. 1
A Trip to the Indian Arsenal-Licking County, A.D. 800	p. 5
The Birth of Tecumseh-Southwest-Central Ohio, 1768	p. 9
Massacre at Gnadenhutten-Tuscarawas County, 1782	p. 15
A Royal Christening-Marietta, 1788	p. 20
St. Clair's Shame-Fort Recovery, 1791	p. 25
The Battle of Fallen Timbers-Toledo, 1794	p. 30
Raccoons Build a Bookshelf-Amesville, 1803	p. 34
The Great Apple Planter Arrives in Ohio-Jefferson County, 1806	p. 39
"We Have Met the Enemy, and They Are Ours" Put-in-Bay, 1813	p. 43
The Great Groundbreaking-Licking Summit, 1825	p. 48
Troubled Bridges Over the Waters-Norwich, 1835	p. 53
On Thin Ice-Ripley, 1838	p. 58
The Grim Fate of the Griffith-Lake Erie, 1850	p. 62
West Point or a Pony?-Clinton County, 1861	p. 66
Little Sure Shot Gets Started-Darke County, 1868	p. 70
An Intemperate Temperance Woman-Shelby County, 1880	p. 75
Ohio Gives Flight to the World-Dayton, 1900	p. 80
The Con Woman of Millionaires' Row-Cleveland, 1904	p. 85
The Drowning of Dayton-Montgomery County, 1913	p. 90
Ohio's Onion Field War-Hardin County, 1934	p. 94
The Nadir of Elliott Ness-Cleveland, 1938	p. 100
A Storybook Setting Comes to Life-Lucas, 1945	p. 105
Putting a Match to Prejudice-Hillsboro, 1954	p. 110
Rendezvous at the Zoo-Columbus, 1957	p. 115
"Not a Particularly Bad Fire!"-Cleveland, 1969	p. 119
The Kent State Catastrophe-Kent, 1970	p. 123
To the Cellar! (If You Have One)-Xenia, 1974	p. 128
The Champions Come Home-Cincinnati, 1976	p. 133
Bicentennial Barnstorm-1997	p. 139
Found! The Biggest Buckeye-Huron County, 2004	p. 143
Two Worlds Collide-Ashtabula County, 2008	p. 148
Ohio Facts and Trivia	p. 153
Bibliography	p. 177
Index	p. 203
About the Authors	p. 214
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