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4 days ago · For example, some were given the names by railroads or taken from books the people naming the town had been reading. A few very unusual sources are Madras, Oregon, which was named after a bolt of Madras cloth seen in the general store, and Poland, Maine, which was named after a medieval-era song that the first settler liked.
2 days ago · The state takes its name from the Ohio River, which in turn traces its name to an Iroquoian word meaning “great water.” The first state to be carved from the Northwest Territory, Ohio became the 17th member of the union on March 1, 1803. In many respects, Ohio has come to reflect the urbanized, industrialized, and ethnically mixed United ...
5 days ago · Oregon, Ohio resident SSGT. Jack W. Coy, was MIA/KIA on February 24, 1944. His remains were recently identified after 80 years. He was a tail gunner on a B-24 Liberator, with the 8th USAAF, 445th, 703rd. His plane was shot down over Germany, during mission “Big Week”, February 1944. September 2023, his remains were identified.
4 days ago · SIMON DREHER, of Oregon, is of Pennsylvania stock. He was born in Evansville, Rock County, April 15, 1853. His parents were Simon and Mary Ann (Widows) Dreher, both born in Northampton County, Pa. Simon, Jr. has spent all of his life in Dane, and all except eight years in the town of Oregon; the exception was a time that he lived in the town of Primrose.
5 days ago · The first settler in Oregon was Bartlet Runey. He was born and married near Baltimore, MD, and landed with his family in Janesville March 4, 1841. In the fall of that year, Mr. Runey located on Section 24, but did not move his family from Janesville until the next spring. This summer (1842), Garland Thomas settled on Section 23, and Robert ...
3 days ago · Ohio ( / oʊˈhaɪ.oʊ / ⓘ oh-HY-oh) [13] is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Ohio borders Lake Erie to the north, Pennsylvania to the east, West Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Indiana to the west, and Michigan to the northwest. Of the 50 U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area.
5 days ago · If you have any questions or require additional information, please feel free to contact the Department of Public Service at (419) 698-7047. Beginning Monday, May 13, 2024 through approximately Friday, May 24, 2024, motorists can expect to experience a lane closure in the 1700 block of Coy Road between Brown Road and Curtice Road.
