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Ohio (IPA: /oʊˈhaɪoʊ/) is a Miwestern state of the United States. Part of the Great Lakes region, Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads in North America. At the time of European contact and in the years that followed, Native Americans in today's Ohio included the Shawnee, Iroquois, Miamis, and Wyandots. Beginning in the 1700s, the area was settled by people from New England, the Mid-Atlantic States, Appalachia, and the Upper South.

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Of the 4 states that begin & end with the same vowel, the one that doesn't begin & end with the same letter as the other 3 states
It's the chief wool-producing state, & we're not pulling the wool over your buckeyes
Though the Pro Football Hall of Fame is in this state, the state beverage is tomato juice, not beer
In 2009 a bank in this buckeye state got tipped off to a robbery when a man in a ski mask waited patiently in line
Oberlin, home to an underground railroad stop & one of the first U.S. colleges with black students, is in this state
In 1803 this "Buckeye State" entered the union, the first state in which slavery was illegal from the outset
Longest American river east of the Mississippi is this tributary of the Mississippi
Kent State & Bowling Green State Universities opened in this state in 1910
In 1903 Warren was elected lieutenant governor of this state; later he was one of its U.S. senators
International Harvester was historically a major employer in Springfield, near Dayton in this state
The College & Pro Football Halls of Fame are in different towns in this state
The scarlet carnation is the state flower; the buckeye is its tree
This large & commercially important U.S. river begins in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Chillicothe was this state's capital twice, losing out to Zanesville once & finally to Columbus
Buckeye Lake
Michigan & Pennsylvania
The city of Cambridge in this state was the birthplace of spaceman John Glenn
Most of this state's vineyards lie along Lake Erie's shores, from Sandusky to the Pennsylvania border
Antioch,Bowling Green,Kent State
Drew Carey's home state(4)
From 1999 to 2007 Bob Taft, great-grandson of President Taft, was the governor of this state
Seen here are grooves in this Buckeye State scoured into limestone 18,000 years ago by the Great Ice Sheet
Speaker Boehner goes home to this state, where he put himself through Xavier University working as a janitor
In October, the Buckeye Central Railroad in this state offers Haunted Halloween trips
Appropriately, Zane Grey was born in Zanesville in this state in 1872
For a brief time, Zanesville served as the capital of this state
John Glenn
To visit the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, you have to go to this state
Near Wilberforce University, the city of Xenia in this U.S. state is 15 miles southeast of Dayton
This "stately" river marks the Indiana-Kentucky boundary
If you're wheeling west from Wheeling, West Virginia, you're entering this state
The volume of the Mississippi is doubled when this "stately" river flows into it at Cairo, Illinois
Visitors once saw a mama hippo giving birth underwater in the Hippoquarium at the Toledo Zoo in this U.S. state
In 1998 this Midwest state began issuing its plates with the slogan "Birthplace of aviation"
Logician Willard Van Orman Quine is from Akron in this state--we wanted an excuse to say Willard Van Orman Quine
Garfield was one of 7 presidents born in this state nicknamed the "Modern Mother of Presidents"
In this key state, Kerry's edge in Trumbull County up North couldn't overcome Bush's lead in Warren down South
Bet you a buckeye knows that his state song is "Beautiful" this
Mansfield,Zanesville,Youngstown
With "Mantis" making an even dozen, Cedar Point in this state has the most roller coasters of any park
Mercer,Miami,Marion
In 1869 this state scored big with the first professional baseball team, the Red Stockings
Both Benjamin Harrison & his running mate Whitelaw Reid graduated from Miami of this Midwestern state
On Nov. 3, 2004 the Times headlined, "With echoes of 2000 vote," this state's "count is at issue"
The white circle with the red center on this state's flag, seen here, represents the letter "O"
William McKinley was known as the "Idol of" this Buckeye state, his birthplace
Rutherford B. Hayes, 1876-1877
Its official flower, the red carnation, was native son William McKinley's favorite
Steven Spielberg &Orville Wright
At Pittsburgh's "The Point", the Allegheny & Monongahela meet to form this third river
Neil Young wrote this song after 4 people were killed by National Guardsmen at Kent State University in 1970
Oxford in this state, which celebrated its Bicentennial in 2010, is home to Miami University
This river forms the southern borders of Ohio, Indiana & Illinois
A 4-letter U.S. state (remember the category!)
Bob Taft
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from an overlook.) I'm on Mt. Washington, looking down at the start of this river, which the French & English fought to control in the 1750s
The name of the C&O Canal, one of Washington, D.C.'s popular running areas, stands for Cheaspeake & this
Bowling Green,Findlay,Sandusky
The 4-letter name of this state comes from an Iroquois word for "Great River"
Oberlin College in this state was the 1st to go co-educational
2006 House Majority Leader John Boehner
As it's on a major bend, you'll find Evansville, Indiana to the north, east & west of this river
Bordering on Kentucky, this easternmost of the 12 midwestern states also has a bluegrass region
Hayes served two terms as governor of this state
Major tributaries of this "state"ly river include the Kentucky, Wabash & Cumberland rivers
Nicknamed the "Mother of Presidents", it's the birthplace of 7 presidents, including Taft & McKinley
Clark Gable,Clarence Darrow,Neil Armstrong
Seneca,Summit,Sandusky
(Jon of the Clue Crew reports from a giant apple basket.) Attractions in this midwest state include a giant rubber stamp, a giant cuckoo clock, & the almost-30-ft-high Longaberger apple basket
The sun rising over the mountains on its seal shows that it was the first state west of the Alleghenies
The Great Serpent Mound near Hillsboro in this state is an ancient Indian burial site
The 3 rivers in Pittsburgh's nickname are the Allegheny, the Monongahela & this "stately" river
Deborah Pryce,Dennis Kucinich
The shores of Sandusky Bay are in this state
Steubenville was laid out on this river in 1797
This 981-mile river forms Kentucky's northern border & empties into the Mississippi
Bowling Green State University,Case Western Reserve University
The Cuyahoga County city of Solon in this state boasts its own orchestra, a large tax base & great schools
The brand Evan Williams honors "Kentucky's first distiller", who set up on the banks of this river in Louisville in 1783
Warren & Florence Harding,on July 8, 1891
It was in this state in the late 1800s that Standard Oil & National Cash Register rang up their first sales
In 1959 a company in this state got the rights to L'Ecran Magique, the Magic Writer, & renamed it the Etch-A-Sketch
The national Underground Railroad freedom center & the Great Lakes science center are in this state
A 1974 twister destroyed half of this Midwestern state's city of Xenia, whose name means "hospitality"
William H. & Helen Taft, on June 19, 1886
On March 1, 1803 it became the first state created out of the Northwest Territory

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