| A short history of the Ohio State flag | Ohio is the only state not to have a rectangular flag. It adopted the pennon-shaped flag on May 9, 1902. The pennon was used by the cavalry between 1862 and 1865, and in 1901 was designed by John Eisenmann. A pennon is extremely different from a pennant by ending in a swallow-tail shape. The states nickname was used long before the buckeye was confirmed as the state tree in 1953. The design was based on the shape of the tree's seed, and its circular form on the flag could suggest both the "O" for Ohio, and the tree itself. The name of the state is derived from the Indian, and means "beautiful" river. Mr. Eisenmann designed the flag to represent the roads and rivers of Ohio. The number of stars, as in many other flags, indicates the position held by the state in its joining the Union, in this case being seventeenth. |
| A short history of Ohio (The Buckeye State) | In 1788 the first settlers arrived in Ohio, and it became part of the Territory ceded to the U.S.A. in 1783. It was then part of the Northwest Territory, and became a state on March 1, 1803.
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| Area of Ohio | 41,330 sq. miles |
Capital
| Columbus |
| Major Products | Coal, oil, gas, maize, wheat, oats, non-electrical machinery, transport equipment |
| State Motto | With God all things are possible |
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