The Wilson Sporting Goods NFL football manufacturing facility is located in Ada, and is the only football manufacturing facility in the United States
Notable People
Rollo May, an American existential psychologist.
Lee Tressel, Father of Ohio State University Football Coach Jim Tressel.
Aurora
Aurora historically was the second location for the SeaWorld chain of marine mammal parks, which opened in 1970 and operated in the Geauga lake area on the northern edge of the city and was home to the killer whale (Orca) known as Shamu. In 2001, the park was purchased by Six Flags, along with adjacent Geauga Lake, and combined to form Six Flags Worlds of Adventure. Cedar Fair purchased the combined property in 2004, and most of the former SeaWorld park was closed.[7] Cedar Fair now operates the property as a waterpark, Geauga Lake's Wildwater Kingdom
Notable People
Anne Heche – actress
Bedford
Notable People
Halle Berry (academy award winning actress)
Chris Chambers (football player)
Lee Evans (American football)
Elmer Flick member of the (Baseball Hall of Fame)
Archibald Willard (painter of The Spirit of '76)
Augustus Herman Pettibone (United States House of Representatives)
Mike Easler (former major league baseball player and coach)
Lou Diamond (United States military hero)
Tim Taylor (newscaster) former longtime Cleveland, OH area newscaster and radio personality
Bellefontaine
The highest point in Ohio, Campbell Hill, is within the city limits of Bellefontaine.
In 1891, Bellefontaine became the location of the first concrete street in America
Notable People
George Bartholomew - inventor
Julius Chambers - journalist and travel writer
Bethany Dillon - singer
Allan W. Eckert – author
Jim Flora - artist
Melville J. Herskovits – anthropologist
Kin Hubbard - cartoonist and journalist
Blue Jacket "Weyapiersenwah" - Shawnee chief
Edward D. Jones - investment banker
Austin Eldon Knowlton - architect
William Lawrence - politician (Republican)
The Mills Brothers - entertainers
Norman Vincent Peale - minister and author
Louie Vito - professional snowboarder
Bryan
Bryan is the birthplace of 2006 Indianapolis 500 champion Sam Hornish, Jr.,
Bob Hartman, founder of the Christian rock pioneer group "Petra"
Mark Winegardner, chosen to be the author of the novel The Godfather Returns.
Bryan is also home to several companies whose products are far reaching: Ohio Art, maker of the Etch-A-Sketch,
and Betty Spaghetty toys, and Spangler Candy Company, makers of Dum Dum Pops and among the largest makers of candy canes in the world.
Notable People
Bob Hartman - Guitarist and founder of the pioneer Christian Rock Band Petra (band)
Margaret A. Goodell - Discovered a novel method to isolate adult stem cells. Founding member and director of the STaR Center at Baylor College of Medicine [1].
Sam Hornish, Jr. Former IRL driver and current NASCAR driver.
Morry Hummel - Founder of Hummel Aviation and designer of the Hummel Bird aircraft.
Ned Garver - Former Major League Baseball player from 1948–1961
William Isaac - Former Chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation from 1981 to 1985 and frequent commentator on financial regulatory matters.
Chris Carpenter - Major League Baseball Player - Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 3rd Round
Gregory Ryan Saul - Reality Television Star
Matthew Wisler - The Ohio State University's top baseball recruit (pitching)
Bucyrus Bratwurst Festival - 2004
Bucyrus
Bucyrus, known as the Bratwurst Capital of America, is home to the Bucyrus Bratwurst Festival,[5][6] which is held during the third weekend annually in August and includes musical performances and a beauty pageant.
On March 10, 2007, Bucyrus was featured as the town of the week on the nationally-syndicated Public Radio International program, Whad'Ya Know?.
Cambridge
Cambridge is well-known among glass collectors as being the location for the Cambridge Glass, Boyd Glass and Mosser Glass plants.
The Cambridge area is also famous for its "S" shaped bridges, dating back to the building of the National Road in 1828. It is located adjacent to the intersection of Interstates 70 and 77, which the Ohio Department of Transportation proclaimed in 1969 to be the world's largest interchange in terms of land area.
Notable People
William Boyd - actor
Dom Capers - defensive coordinator for the Green Bay Packers former defensive coordinator for the Miami Dolphins and Pittsburgh Steelers, also the first head coach of the NFL Houston Texans and first head coach of the NFL Carolina Panthers
Doug Donley - former wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys and Chicago Bears
Tom Eyen - American experimental playwright, lyricist, and theatre director, author of Dreamgirls for which he won the 1981 Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical
Geno Ford - Former Ohio Mr. Basketball, Ohio University player and coach; current Kent State University basketball head coach
John Glenn - U.S. Senator and astronaut; first American to orbit Earth
Kevin Ritz - former pitcher for the MLB Detroit Tigers and Colorado Rockies
William Oxley Thompson - former president of the Ohio State University
Scott Watkins - concert pianist, Artistic Ambassador for US State Department in 1980s
Thomas Stevens - U.S. Naval Commander
Carlisle
The city of Carlisle is famous for a double UFO house off of Chamberlain Road. The UFO house has become a landmark for area residents.
Circleville
The Circleville Writer - an unidentified letter writer that terrorized the town of Circleville with letters threatening people's lives and making fake allegations. He/she is wanted for attempted murder and a person named Paul Freshour was arrested and convicted of the crimes. However, he was eventually released, but the identity of the writer is still unknown. The story was shown on Unsolved Mysteries.
In popular Culture
In "Storm Chasers" on the Discovery Channel, Storm Chaser & Meteorologist Tony Laubach, formerly a Circleville resident, wore the colors of his former high school, Circleville High School. He is heavily featured in season 4 wearing Circleville Tigers apparel.
The city of Circleville, and most notably Green's Heritage Museum in nearby Orient, Ohio were featured on an episode of the History Channel's American Pickers.
The hotel that is across Ohio Street from Everts Middle School and next to the softball field was featured as the hotel where children from the A&E Network show "Psychic Kids" stayed during their visit to the Ugly Tuna in Columbus, Ohio.
Clayton
Notable People
Jesse "Pop" Haines - member of the Baseball Hall of Fame
Joseph G. Lapointe Jr - awarded Medal of Honor
Johnnie Wilder, Jr. - former lead singer of the funk group Heatwave.
Chris Hero - professional wrestler, ROH tag team champion Ring of Honor
In fiction
Part of Ayn Rand's novel "The Fountainhead" is set at Clayton. In the early 1930s the novel's male protagonist, the controversial architect Howard Roark, gets a contract to build in Clayton the (fictional) Janer's Department Store, a five-storey building. Later on Roark's beloved, Dominique Francon, comes seeking him there, and feels that in a sense Clayton "belongs to her more than to any of its inhabitants" because her beloved is there. The book presents Clayton as the archetype of "Middle America", the polar opposite of the cosmopolitan New York City where most of the plot takes place.
Clyde
The town is known for having served as the setting for Sherwood Anderson's 1919 collection of short stories Winesburg, Ohio
Notable People
Sherwood Anderson - author
Tim Anderson - NFL defensive tackle, Atlanta Falcons
James B. McPherson - Union major general.[7]
George W. Norris - United States Senator from Nebraska.[8]
Rodger Young - Medal of Honor recipient, World War II
Columbiana
Columbiana was the birthplace of Harvey S. Firestone, who founded the Firestone rubber company in Akron, Ohio.
Photo of 2003 Blackout
Eastlake
Eastlake is the site where Akron-based FirstEnergy's Eastlake Generating Station shutdown at 1:31pm EDT on August 14, 2003, eventually leading to the infamous 2003 North America blackout a few hours later.
The Boulevard of 500 Flags is located in Eastlake.
Eaton
Notable People
Andrew L. Harris - Civil War general and former governor of Ohio.
Travis Miller - former Major League Baseball pitcher for the Minnesota Twins.
Lawrence Poos - writer, dean at The Catholic University of America[7]
William Stephens - former mayor of Los Angeles and governor of California 1917-1923.
Kent Vosler - Diver in the 1976 Olympics in Montréal
Pitcher, c. 1861, by William Bloor's East Liverpool Porcelain Works
East Liverpool
East Liverpool became known as "The Crockery City." East Liverpool once produced more than half of the United States's annual ceramics output. Throughout East Liverpool's ceramics history there were more than 300 potteries. Of these, three remain: The Hall China Company, the Homer Laughlin China Company (located across the Ohio River in Newell, West Virginia) and Pioneer Pottery. Among the most famous of East Liverpool's ceramics was the porcelain known as Lotus Ware. Produced by Knowles, Taylor & Knowles in the 1890s, this Moorish- and Persian-influenced artware swept the competition at the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago. It is generally considered to be the finest porcelain ever produced in the US.
The city to which the body of bank robber Pretty Boy Floyd was taken for embalming
James Bennett, an English potter, established the pottery industry in East Liverpool, and it became the community's leading employer.
The Museum of Ceramics in downtown East Liverpool has the country's largest public display of Lotus Ware.
Notable People
The city is perhaps best known as the hometown of former University of Notre Dame football coach Lou Holtz,
Dan Adkins - comic book artist for Marvel and other companies grew up in East Liverpool
Bernie Allen - professional baseball player: second baseman for the Minnesota Twins, the Washington Senators, the New York Yankees, and the Montreal Expos
Charles King Boyd - posthumously decorated with the Dutch Military Order of William (the Dutch equivalent of the Medal of Honor) for his actions in Operation Market Garden
John Caparulo - stand-up comedian and host of CMT's Mobile Home Disaster
Scoops Carey - former Major League Baseball first baseman
Jane Louise Curry - writer for children
Robert Jack Eardley, M.D. - former Chief of Psychiatry for the Federal Bureau of Prisons
Ben Feldman (1912–1993) - one of the most prolific salespeople in world history
Lou Holtz - author, television commentator, motivational speaker, and former NCAA football head coach
George P. Ikirt - physician and U.S. Representative from Ohio
Norm Van Lier - star basketball point guard, played at Saint Francis University and in the NBA for the Cincinnati Royals, Chicago Bulls, and Milwaukee Bucks in the 1970s
Aric Long - decathlete at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona
O. O. McIntyre - feature writer for East Liverpool Morning Tribune before going on to reach 7,000,000 readers daily with his syndicated column
Ruth Crawford Seeger - famous composer and first woman to receive the Guggenheim Fellowship.
Will Lamartine Thompson - noted American composer, best known for his hymns
Jabez Vodrey - prominent early potter
East Palestine
2023 Train Derailment
On February 3, 2023, an explosion and fire occurred following the derailment of a Norfolk Southern freight train carrying hazardous chemicals on the eastern end of town.[12] A "state of emergency" was declared by the city council on February 4.[13] An evacuation area was extended by Ohio Governor Mike DeWine on February 6 to allow for "a controlled release of vinyl chloride" and burning it in a nearby trench.[14] Some residents subsequently started a class-action lawsuit against Norfolk Southern.
Notable People
Bob Hope - American comedian and actor
Wynn Hawkins - Major League Baseball player, and pitcher for the Cleveland Indians.
Fred Hoaglin - NFL player, and offensive lineman for the Cleveland Browns.
John Jude Palencar - Illustrator - Illustrated cover of Eragon and over 100 other books.
Matt Kata - baseball player for the Houston Astros
Jamie Mueller - NFL Football Player-Buffalo Bills Fullback
Tom Cousineau - NFL Football Player-Cleveland Browns Linebacker
Sally Priesand - first female rabbi ordained in the United States
M. Frank Rudy - patented the cushioning system trademarked by Nike as the Nike "Air" sole.
Terrence McDonnell - 5-time Emmy Award-winning television writer/producer
Fostoria
Notable People
John Quinn, collector Grant Jackson, baseball player
Franklin
On August 11, 1971 the city opened what was considered the world's first Garbage Recycling Plant
In 1989 Franklin was at the center of a Major League Baseball controversy when Alan Stratman, a lawyer for Ron Peters, owner of a restaurant named Jonathans Cafe claimed he was Pete Rose's "principal bookmaker". Some of the records kept by Ron Peters were used by the principal investigator, John Dowd, in his report to the commissioner of baseball. [3][4] The restaurant has since been torn down and replaced by a gas station.
The Wildcat football team won consecutive state championships in 2001 and 2002
The movie Unstoppable is loosely based on the "Crazy Eights" unmanned train incident in 2001 which ended in Kenton. The train, led by CSX Transportation SD40-2 #8888, left its Walbridge, Ohio rail yard and rumbled on a 66-mile journey through northwest Ohio with no one at the controls, due to the throttle being applied on full instead of a brake. Two of the train's tank cars contained thousands of gallons of molten phenol, a toxic ingredient of paints and dyes harmful when it is inhaled, ingested, or comes into contact with the skin. For two hours, the train traveled along at speeds up to 47 miles per hour until the crew of a second train coupled onto the runaway and slowly applied its brakes. Once #8888 was slowed down to a speed of 11 miles per hour, a CSX employee, trainmaster Jon Hosfeld, ran alongside the train and climbed aboard, shutting down the locomotive. The train was stopped just southeast of Kenton.
Notable People
John R. Goodin, Democratic congressman from Kansas
William Lawrence, Republican congressman involved with the attempt to impeach Andrew Johnson
Jacob Parrott, first recipient of the Medal of Honor
Paul Robinson, creator of the long-run Etta Kett comic strip for King Features Syndicate
Brigadier General John (Mike) Murray, Deputy Commanding General (Maneuver), 1st Cavalry Division, United States Army
Michael David Brown - assistant professor of creative writing at Ohio University, author of both the novel Under Heat and the screenplay for the movie of the same title.
John Corby - Columbus, Ohio radio personality
Estel Crabtree - Major League Baseball player for the Cincinnati Reds and St. Louis Cardinals.
Don Robertson - prize-winning novelist, wrote a steamy, cynical, realistic historical novel, "Paradise Falls," based on Logan, Ohio.
Curtis Scaparrotti - Director of Operations for United States Central Command and past Commandant of the United States Military Academy
Katie Smith - Women's National Basketball Association player & Olympic Gold Medalist
Josh Walker - Broadway Actor/Music Director
Loveland Castle
Loveland
Loveland Castle
Notable residents
Arts and entertainment Wendy Barrie-Wilson – Broadway actress
Nancy Ford Cones – photographer, featured on Woman's Home Companion and Country Life in America[90]
Ann Donahue – television writer[91]
Thomas Hammons – opera singer[92][93]
Lillian Morris – Survivor: Pearl Islands contestant[94]
Tom Wilson II – cartoonist
Todd Benzinger – former Major League Baseball first baseman and outfielder[96][97]
Don Biggs – retired Canadian professional ice hockey player[98]
Maureen Bechdolt Detro – archer at the 1972 Summer Olympics[99]
Matt Hamill – mixed martial arts fighter and three-time NCAA Wrestling Division III National Champion
Becky Jasontek – synchronized swimmer; bronze medalist at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Joe Kelly – professional football linebacker[100]
April Kerley – swimmer (class S9) at the 2008 Summer Paralympics[101]
Dan Ketchum – gold medalist in swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics[102]
Tacks Latimer – professional baseball catcher and convicted murderer[103]
Bob Lohr – professional golfer[104]
Jack Pfiester – professional baseball player
Mike Sylvester – professional basketball player, silver medalist for Italy in basketball at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Thomas T. Heath – Civil War general[42]
James Hall – Army captain, editor of Western Monthly Magazine, lawyer, and jurist[108]
Salmon P. Chase – Chief Justice of the United States[26]
Lindiwe Mabuza – South African ambassador to Germany[109]
Anna McGarry – social activist on interracial justice and community organizer
Chris Monzel – Cincinnati City Councilman[110]
Bill Schickel – Iowa State Representative
Jerry Springer – former Mayor of Cincinnati, television host
Marietta
Founded in 1788, Marietta is the state's oldest city
Marietta is home to the Great Mound, or Conus, built by the Mound Builders.[8] The mound was preserved by the original pioneers and is contained within the Mound Cemetery, which is also home to the largest number of Revolutionary War officers buried in one location
Notable People
Founding pioneers, including Gen. Rufus Putnam, Gen. Benjamin Tupper, Gen. James Varnum, Col. William Stacy, and Commodore Abraham Whipple.[4][5][6][11]
Levi Barber, was a surveyor, court administrator, banker, and member of the Ohio House of Representatives, Fifteenth United States Congress, & Seventeenth United States Congress
Dewey F. Bartlett, 19th Governor of Oklahoma, United States Senator
Hobart Bosworth, movie actor, director, writer and producer.
John Brough, 26th Governor of Ohio, Member of the Ohio House of Representatives Charles G. Dawes, 30th Vice President of the United States
William Cutler, Member of the Ohio House of Representatives
Charles H. Elston, Member of the United States House of Representatives
Nancy Hollister, 66th Governor of Ohio, Lieutenant Governor of Ohio, member of the Ohio House of Representatives
Perley Brown Johnson, Member of the Ohio House of Representatives [12]
Alf Landon, 26th Governor of Kansas, 1936 Republican Presidential Candidate Francis B. Loomis, 25th United States Assistant Secretary of State Return
Jonathan Meigs, Jr., 4th Governor of Ohio and 5th United States Postmaster
General C. William O'Neill, 59th Governor of Ohio, Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives, Associate & Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court, Attorney General of the State of Ohio
Harrison Gray Otis (publisher), Los Angeles Times
George White, 52nd Governor of Ohio
Chief Zimmer, major league baseball player and manager
The Ohio River Sternwheel Festival is held on the weekend after Labor Day in September. 2005 was the 30th anniversary of the event, which brings dozens of Sternwheelers to the banks of the Ohio River near downtown Marietta. The Festival includes performances from musical artists, Sternwheel races, and a large fireworks display, and brings in thousands of visitors from across the country.
Miamisburg
Miamisburg Mound
Miamisburg is home to a Miami Indian Burial Mound (Tumulus)– Once serving as an ancient burial site, the Mound stands as perhaps the most recognizable historic landmark in Miamisburg. It is the largest conical burial Mound in Ohio, and remains virtually intact from its origins hundreds of years ago. Located in a city park at 900 Mound Avenue, it is an Ohio historical site and serves as a popular attraction and picnic destination for area families. Visitors can climb to the top of the Mound, via concrete steps built into its side.
Notable People
The McGuire Sisters - 20th century female trio
David Bruton American football player
Touchdown Jesus
Monroe
Tourism King of Kings (also known as "Touchdown Jesus" or "Big Butter Jesus" or the new name "Terminator Jesus"), a 62-foot-tall sculpture of Jesus, appears to be rising from the waters behind the amphitheater at Monroe's Solid Rock Church. The massive statue was struck by lightning on June 14, 2010, and burnt to the ground.
North Canton
Notable People
Murray Spangler- Inventor of the Hoover vacuum cleaner.[6]
Todd Blackledge - Played one season at North Canton Hoover High School before attending Penn State University, where he later guided the Nittany Lions to an NCAA football national championship in 1982. He played for the Kansas City Chiefs and Pittsburgh Steelers of the NFL.
Jeffrey Mylett - Member of the original cast of Godspell
Dick Snyder - Former NBA basketball player for the St. Louis Hawks, Phoenix Suns, Seattle Supersonics, and Cleveland Cavaliers
Dickie Hemrick - Held the ACC record for points in NCAA basketball for 51 years and still leads in most rebounds for the conference at Wake Forest. Played for the Boston Celtics.
Mark Phillips - Formerly editor-in-chief of Boston Metro newspaper and frequent contributor to the Daily Mirror in London, England. Phillips consults on behalf of Fortune 500 companies on matters relating to media acquisitions.
Eddie McClintock, actor
Rabbit Warstler - MLB Infielder for the Boston Red Sox, Philadelphia Athletics, Boston Bees, and Chicago Cubs, 1930-1940.
Andy Alleman - 2007 3rd round draft choice (88th overall) of the New Orleans Saints.
Fanny McDougal (of New Berlin) - Creator of the Sister's Act Montage of 1907.
Michael Garrini Chef
Robert E. L. Rainey - Artist and long-time director of the North Canton Little Art Gallery
Marty Lee Hoenes - is an American rock musician who is best known as the lead guitarist for the Donnie Iris and the Cruisers.
Joe DeRosa - an official in the National Basketball Association.
Jehu Grubb (c1781 - 1854) was an early settler and Justice of the Peace, a War of 1812 veteran who served in the Ohio Legislature from 1828 to 1832. Buried at St. Jacobs Cemetery along with many descendants, Jehu was the original owner of the site of his step-son's Jacob H. Bair House.
Orrville
The J.M. Smucker Co., owner of the Smucker's brand, is headquartered in Orrville
Notable People
Bob Knight - former American college basketball head coach
Tim Hiller – NFL Quarterback for Indianapolis Colts
Elwood Edwards - Voice of America Online
Mike Birkbeck - MLB player for the Milwaukee Brewers and New York Mets
Tom Blackburn, basketball coach at the University of Dayton
Edmund Wittenmyer, U.S. Army major general
Samantha Hunt, author
Portsmouth
Indian Head Rock
The Indian Head Rock is an eight-ton sandstone boulder which until recently resided in the bottom of the Ohio River. The removal of the rock, which is now housed in a Portsmouth municipal building, has led the states of Kentucky and Ohio into a legislative battle to determine its ownership and disposition.[23] The rock has now been returned to the state of Kentucky.
Notable People
Dale Bandy - Ohio University basketball coach
Kathleen Battle - opera singer
Gene Bennett - former Major League Baseball player
Al Bridwell - former Major League Baseball player
Dr. Louis R. Chaboudy - Floodwall Mural Project founder
Earl Thomas Conley - country music singer and songwriter
Martin Dillon - musician and operatic tenor
Chuck Ealey - former football player for University of Toledo
Steve Free - ASCAP Award Winning Appalachian Musician
Bill Harsha - Ohio politician for the U.S. House of Representatives (1961–1981)
Larry Hisle - former Major League Baseball player, currently employed with Milwaukee Brewers Organization
Jeff Munn - vice president of operations for Harlem Globetrotters
Rocky Nelson - former Major League Baseball player
Josh Newman - Major League Baseball pitcher
Al Oliver - former Major League Baseball player
Wally Phillips - former Chicago radio personality
Branch Rickey - baseball executive, signed Jackie Robinson to the Brooklyn Dodgers
Vern Riffe - Ohio politician (1959–95), Speaker of the House (1975–94) – Riffe is actually a native of the tiny nearby village of New Boston, Ohio, which many consider an unofficial part of Portsmouth's population.
Barbara Robinson - American author
Herb Roe - mural artist
Roy Rogers - singer and cowboy movie star
Stuff Smith - Jazz musician
Ted Strickland - Ohio governor
Gene Tenace - former Major League Baseball player
Rocky River
Notable People
Birthplace of George Steinbrenner, businessman and one-time owner of the New York Yankees.
Birthplace of Pat McCormick, comic actor and writer.
Birthplace of Chris Hovan, professional American football player for the St. Louis Rams
Birthplace of Kevin Barnes, front man and songwriter for the indie rock band of Montreal.
Martin Savidge, award-winning American television news correspondent for NBC News, was a resident when he graduated from Rocky River High School in 1976.
Clint Brown, pitcher for the Cleveland Indians and the Chicago White Sox, was a resident when he died in 1955.
Herb Score, pitcher, and long-time radio broadcaster (1968–97) for the Cleveland Indians, his home and where he died in 2008.
Salem
While radio DJ Alan Freed was born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, he grew up in Salem. While working at a radio station in Cleveland, he coined the phrase "Rock & Roll."
Twins Day
Shelby
The Centennial Light bulb, of Livermore, California, the world's longest-lasting light bulb, was made in Shelby.
Notable People
Charles Follis, The first Pro Black Football player, played for the Shelby Blues Football team.[3]
Larry Siegfried, professional basketball player who played for Boston Celtics and earlier for the Ohio State Buckeyes. Lived in Shelby.
William W. Skiles, a U.S. congressman. The football field is named after him.
Dawn Powell, a writer from the 20th century lived in Shelby for a period of time.
Robert W. Houk, a Public Printer of the United States and head of the United States Government Printing Office from 1990 to 1993
It is the birthplace of legendary singer and actor Dean Martin,
actress, producer and director Traci Lords,
television commentator and oddsmaker Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder and
Hall of Fame baseball pitcher Rollie Fingers.
Sports
The Steubenville High School football team, the Big Red, had a 15–0 record for the 2005 season, ending as Ohio Div-III State Champions. Steubenville then went 15-0 in the 2006 season, repeating as Ohio Div-III State Champions. The Big Red was handed their first regular season loss in almost seven years by the Inkster (Michigan) Vikings on Oct. 23, 2009. Their streak was 68 regular season games.[14] The Big Red also won the 1984 Division II State Championship in football and were runners-up in Division II in 1987 and 1988, and runners-up in Division IV in 2008. Big Red is ranked number 20 in the nation for alltime wins.
Not only does Steubenville High excel at football, it also has the second-most victories in the state for baseball and twelfth most wins in the state for basketball.
There is a statue downtown commemorating Edwin Stanton, President Abraham Lincoln's secretary of war. Stanton was born and raised in Steubenville.
Music
Steubenville is the birthplace of Dean Martin (1917–1995). Martin was a famous singer and actor, primarily through the 1950s and 1960s.
In 1970, the band Wild Cherry was formed in Steubenville by Mingo Jct's Rob Parissi. In 1976, Wild Cherry's "Play that Funky Music" was number one on the Billboard charts for three weeks. The song is a staple of "disco" era music.
It is also the birthplace of Dorothy Sloop (1913–1998), a jazz musician who performed under the nickname "Sloopy" and was alleged to be the inspiration for the song "Hang on Sloopy".
The Stereos, an all-African American R&B Soul band/Group, also was formed in the city.
Steubenville is also home to Wu-Tang Clan affiliates 4th Disciple, Beretta 9, and ShoGun Assason.
4th Disciple, hip-hop music producer Danny Abramowicz,
NFL wide receiver Zinn Beck
Beretta 9, rap artist
Bob Borden, writer, Late Night With David Letterman
John Buccigross, ESPN television anchor
Sylvia Crawley, pro basketball player,
Boston College coach
Daniel N. DiNardo, Roman Catholic Cardinal
Rollie Fingers,
Hall of Fame baseball pitcher
Richard Hague,
poet and writer John Heron - prominent labor attorney from Dayton, Ohio
Dard Hunter, printer and artist
Tony Jeter, NFL player
Cal Jones, All-American football player at University of Iowa
Humphrey Howe Leavitt, United States Congressman, United States District Court Judge
Traci Lords, actress
Dean Martin, singer/recording star, film actor, television entertainer and comedian
Gail Martin, singer, daughter of Dean Martin
John S. Mason, Civil War general in Union Army and postwar Indian fighter
Sam Mraovich, film director and screenwriter
Jon Nese, meteorologist and professor, former Weather Channel personality, former co-host of Let's Talk Penn State
Tom Perko, NFL linebacker
Eric Piatkowski, NBA basketball player
Fr. Michael Scanlan, chancellor of Franciscan University
John Scarne, magician
Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder, oddsmaker, The NFL Today commentator
Edwin M. Stanton, lawyer, politician, United States Attorney General in 1860-61 and Secretary of War through most of the American Civil War and Reconstruction era.
Eli Todd Tappan, former president of Kenyon College
Mele "Mel" Vojvodich, USAF major general
SheSmacksHard, hiphop and electro music producer
Patricia Welch - singer
Reverend Dr. Joseph Ruggles Wilson (1822–1903) father of U.S. President Woodrow
Wilson Mary Tappan Wright, novelist
Twinsburg
Twinsburg holds a yearly festival just for pairs of twins called Twins Days. More than just twins are welcome. This festival started in 1976 with only 36 sets of twins but has grown to be the world's largest annual gathering of twins with approximately 3,000 sets attending each year. The weekend of events attracts twins, multiples and their families from all over the world, many returning year after year.
Notable People
Dan Miller, member of O-Town
James Posey, NBA player for New Orleans Hornets
Kelly Herndon, Retired NFL player for Denver Broncos, Seattle Seahawks and Tennessee Titans
Zoltan Mesko, NFL player for New England Patriots
Eric Tscherne, Notable Hot Wheels designer and fine artist.
Al Pawlowski,Sports Anchor on SportsTime Ohio
Upper Sandusky
In popular culture In the Infocom interactive fiction adventure, Leather Goddesses of Phobos, the hero was from Upper Sandusky, Ohio and the first scene of the adventure game took place in a bar in the town.Steve Meretzky, an Infocom interactive fiction author, chose the setting of Upper Sandusky at random and did not intend the town to be reflected in any particular light. When he visited the town some years after writing Leather Goddesses, he found that no one there knew about the game.[5]
In the 1962 romantic That Touch of Mink the lead character Cathy Timberlake, played by Doris Day, comes from Upper Sandusky.
The courtroom scene of The Shawshank Redemption was filmed in the Wyandot County Courthouse in Upper Sandusky. The workshop scenes were filmed in the Stephan Lumber Company building in Upper Sandusky. Many of the local citizens were extras in the movie. Some were even credited at the end of the movie
Urbana
It is the burial-place of the Indian fighter Simon Kenton
Notable People
Clancy Brown - Actor and producer
Clarence J. "Bud" Brown Jr. - Former U.S. Congressman and Deputy Director of Commerce under United States President Ronald Reagan
Moses Bledso Corwin - attorney and member of United States House of Representatives
Andrew Daniel - Winner of Big Brother 5 (U.S.), born on April 28, 1982
Robert L. Eichelberger - United States Army general who commanded the US Eighth Army in the South West Pacific Area during World War II
Warren G. Grimes - "Father of the Aircraft Lighting Industry", prominent entrepreneur and inventor,(1898–1975)
Robert R. Hitt - United States Assistant Secretary of State, was born in Urbana on January 16, 1834
Jim Jordan - Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives was born in Urbana on February 17, 1964
Simon Kenton - frontiersman is buried in Urbana
Tony Locke - Arena Football League wide receiver
Joseph Vance - 13th Governor of Ohio
John Quincy Adams Ward - sculptor of the George Washington on the steps of Federal Hall in Wall Street
Brand Whitlock - appointed Minister to Belgium by United States President Woodrow Wilson
A mid-air crash between TWA Flight 553 and a Beechcraft Baron over Urbana on March 9, 1967 resulted in 26 fatalities.
The fictitious town of Urbania used as the setting for the 1994 film Little Giants, is actually based on the similar sounding Urbana in Ohio
Wadsworth
Blue Tip Festival
The Blue Tip Festival is a five-day celebration of the Wadsworth community. It starts with a parade and the lighting of a 20-foot-high, blue-tip match, which lights downtown Wadsworth during the festival's duration. The festival offers amusement rides, festival foods, midway games, contests, a local merchant's tent, and other entertainment. Additional events, such as the Wadsworth Running Club's "Matchstick 4 Mile" foot race and the "Blue Tip Idol" singing contest challenge area athletes and performers. Special events have included passenger train rides on the Blue Tip Express, Community Challenges between local organizations, big top circus performances, paint ball shooting ranges, pony rides, bingo tents, and assorted musical performances. The year 2009 will mark the 37th annual Blue Tip Festival.
The Blue Tip Festival is named after the historic strike-anywhere blue tip matches which were once manufactured in Wadsworth. While match manufacturing left Wadsworth in the 1980s, the Blue Tip Festival uses the name and giant match to affirm the community's past and celebrate the modern American city. Today, the Festival is run by a non-profit organization, staffed entirely by volunteers, referred to as the Blue Tip Festival Committee. Revenues from the festival are donated to Wadsworth area non-profit groups.[14]
Notable People
Steven Sweet, drummer of band Warrant (American band)
Andy Sonnanstine, Tampa Bay Rays Major League pitcher[citation needed]
Michael Foreman, American astronaut[citation needed]
Scott Fletcher, Texas Rangers Major League second baseman
Todd Constantine, Writer/Producer "The Ken Buck Show"
Bob Jones, New York Giants National Football League longsnapper
