The north bank of the Ohio River defines Ohio's southern border. To the north, Ohio is bordered by the state of Michigan and an international boundary with Canada that passes through Lake Erie.
On the east, Pennsylvania and West Virginia neighbor the state and Indiana forms Ohio's western border. Ohio is approximately kilometers across at its widest point. It is exactly the same distance from its most southerly to its most northerly point. The state encompasses , square kilometers of area. Land mass comprises , square kilometers and water makes up an additional 10, square kilometers. The state is shaped somewhat like a heart.
As a result, Ohio leaders often use the phrase "The Heart of It All" to promote its business, educational, and recreational opportunities. The highest point in the state is Campbell Hill near Bellefontaine. It rises 1, feet above sea level. The lowest point in the state is at the Ohio River near Cincinnati, feet above sea level.
Subscribe for fascinating stories connecting the past to the present. The territory that would become South Dakota was added to the United States in as part of the Louisiana Purchase. The first permanent American settlement was established at Fort Pierre by the Lewis and Clark expedition in White settlement of the territory in the s The land that today makes up North Dakota became U.
The regionwas originally part of the Minnesota and Nebraska territories, until, along with South Dakota, it was organized into the Dakota Territory in The state was very Except for Hawaii, Indiana Florida, which joined the union as the 27th state in , is nicknamed the Sunshine State and known for its balmy climate and natural beauty.
Since the Democratic-Republicans controlled the convention, Ohio's first state constitution established a relatively weak government with the legislative branch holding most of the power. Shortly after the delegates convened the convention, St. Clair addressed the members. The governor hoped to delay Ohio statehood to maintain Federalist control over the region.
He urged the convention to ignore the Enabling Act, claiming that Congress did not have the right to amend the Northwest Ordinance with the Enabling Act. When St. Clair finished his denunciation of the United States government, the governor's opponents immediately sent a copy of the speech to President Jefferson. Jefferson could not stand St. Clair's affront to national authority and immediately removed him as governor of the Northwest Territory.
Charles Byrd replaced him. The delegates also voted to draft immediately a constitution. Thirty-two delegates supported the measure; two abstained; and only Federalist Ephraim Cutler opposed the resolution. The Ohio Constitution of provided all white men with the right to vote, assuming that they paid taxes or that they helped build and maintain the state's roads.
There was a governor, but this person did not have the power to veto acts of the legislature. But what if I told you that technically Ohio was not admitted into the Union officially until when Dwight D.
Eisenhower was President? How could this be? The land now known as Ohio was part of the Northwest Territory. Ohio was the first state carved out of the old Northwest Ordinance laid out in The others were Michigan, Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin. Thomas Worthington, a delegate of the convention, personally delivered the document to Washington, D.
Image: ohiomemory. They thought, just as they do now, that this would be a good way to make history more exciting.
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