Author : Artimus Keiffer
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 24,1 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Ohio
ISBN : 9780873389006
In this text numerous scholars describe and discuss how the state has evolved. Using a systematic and thematic approach, the book serves as a definitive study of both the state's landscape and people scape.
Author : Henry L. Hunker
Publisher : Ohio State University Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 19,25 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780814208571
"Personal and anecdotal, the book serves as an informal documentary of the past fifty years, when Columbus grew to become the largest city in Ohio. Famous for his tours of the city, Hunker includes itineraries for two tours - one in 1956, one in 1999 - which he uses to compare the city then and now.".
Author : Leonard Peacefull
Publisher : Kent State University Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 50,30 MB
Release : 1996
Category : History
ISBN : 9780873385251
A geographical and historical account of the evolution of Ohio. Incorporating the 1990 census data and demographic information, this work also includes an overview of current urban growth relating to prominent local industries.
Author : Carolyn V. Platt
Publisher :
Page : 49 pages
File Size : 17,31 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781606351345
In Ohio Hill Country, author Carolyn Platt describes how plant and animal life evolved to fill the many niches and micro-climates afforded by the area s weathered sandstones and shales and the ravines cut by area streams. She introduces readers to places such as the Hocking Hills and the Edge of Appalachia in Adams County, which are still home to an exotic and diverse group of flora and fauna. With engaging, readable prose complemented by maps and beautiful color photographs, Ohio Hill Country instills an understanding of and appreciation for southeastern Ohio's geology, ecology, and human history. Carolyn Platt is a retired professor of English at Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland.
Author : Roderick Peattie
Publisher :
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 22,56 MB
Release : 1923
Category : Ohio
ISBN :
Author : Kate Boehm Jerome
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 37,4 MB
Release : 2010-04-07
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781589730137
Presents information and facts about Florida, including famous people, places, and events associated with the state.
Author : William Mumford Gregory
Publisher :
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 34,54 MB
Release : 1952
Category : Ohio
ISBN :
Author : Thaddeus Mason Harris
Publisher :
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 23,29 MB
Release : 1805
Category : History
ISBN :
Feeling his mistress has rejected him in preference to her newly hatched chicks, the old hound dog decides he must hatch from an egg and learn to say "peep" to regain favor.
Author : Larry L. Miller
Publisher :
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 28,25 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780253329325
Ohio has never had so complete a place-name volume as this. With over 2,500 entries, this volume covers all the cities, towns, villages, hamlets, and communities of the state. Here you can learn when and how towns got their names. Although current names are the primary focus, earlier names are also provided and discussed when information is available. Many interesting stories attached to a place have also been included. This is an essential and fascinating reference book for scholars, teachers, students, and other individuals interested in the history of Ohio. Erie County The County takes its name from the Erie Indians. The word ""Erie"" is said to translate as ""cat."" Alternative explanations include ""the nation of the cats,"" and, in the Huron tongue, eriche or erige, thought to signify ""lake of the cats."" The reference to cats is believed to refer to a species of wildcat that frequented the region occupied by the Erie Indians.
Author : Roderick Peattie
Publisher :
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 18,58 MB
Release : 1923
Category : Geology
ISBN :
