| 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.
|
| 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 |
