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1859 - John Brown, an abolitionist from Akron, leads raid on Harper's Ferry, VA. 1861-1865 - Civil War , Ohio fought for the Union but the state showed mixed feelings toward slavery. 1861 - Ohio Statehouse completed. 1863 - The Battle of Buffington Island becomes the only Civil War battle in Ohio.
With the rapid increase of industrialization in the country in the late 19th century, Ohio's population swelled from 2.3 million in 1860 to 4.2 million by 1900. By 1920, nine Ohio cities had populations of 50,000 or more.
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- European Expeditions to Statehood. 1492 : Christopher Columbus discovered the West Indies and began the Age of Exploration in the New World. 1607 : The first permanent English colony, Jamestown, is established.
- Early Statehood. February 18, 1804: Ohio University is chartered and becomes the first college in the state. 1812 : the city of Columbus was founded and named the new state capital.
- The Civil War. November 6, 1860: Abraham Lincoln is elected as the 16th President of the United States. His elections caused many southern states to talk about secession.
- The Gilded Age - Roaring 20s. March 4, 1869: Ulysses S. Grant is elected and inaugurated as President. He served two terms as the 18th President of the United States.
Event; 1800: Cleveland population--7. David and Gilman Bryant open the community's first distillery. Trumbull County created, with Cleveland located in that county. 1801: A grand ball is held 4 July. 1802: First census of Cleveland Township shows 76 free male inhabitants over the age of 21. 1803: Ohio admitted to the Union. Mail service ...
YearEvent1900Cleveland population--381,768 (7th ...1901The Cleveland Blues (predecessor to the ...1902First local Parent Teachers Association ...1903Group Plan unveiled. Hanna-McCormick ...McLean House, the Civil War surrender site at Appomattox Courthouse. Courtesy National Archives. America's Best History, ... from sea to shining sea. United States History Timeline, the 1860's, the U.S. Civil War, includes the top events of each year of the decade of the rebellion against the states.
Then and Now Maps. Take a look at downtown Columbus, Cincinnati and Cleveland from the perspectives of the past and present! Simply click on the city you’d like to explore, and once the map renders, click on any of the map markers to see a “Then and Now” view of the location using historical Ohio Memory images and current Google Street View.
May 11, 2020 · A view of Cincinnati’s waterfront in the 1860s. In addition to the natural issues that Cincinnati faced, the city did very little to protect its residents through any sort of large-scale sanitation (during the earliest cholera pandemics, no one actually knew that water contamination was causing the disease).