State History Assignment 4#

• How many States border yours: 5 States border my State

• Which ones are they: Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana and Michigan

• Have you ever been to any of them: Yes I have been to Pennsylvania, West Virginia and I went to Michigan with my brothers, sisters and parents to get one of our vans
  

• Why did you go their: I went to them when I went on vacation
  

• Which one was your favorite: Pennsylvania, because I got to see the Chocolate factory

• Which (if any) that you have not visited would you want to see and why: I would like to go to both Indiana and Kentucky, but if I had to chose I would chose Kentucky because the fried chicken sounds good

• Which 2 States have the most States bordering them: South Dakota and Utah
  

State History Assignment 3#

• Do you live in a county or a parish: County

• Name your county and those around you: My county is Cuyahoga and these are the ones around me Lorain, Medina, Summit, Portage, Geauga, and Lake

• How many counties are in your State: 88

• State Capital is in which county: Franklin

• Picture of my county courthouse:

• Picture of counties in my State:

• Distance between cities in my State (closest to farthest): Akron 38m, Sandusky 61m, Canton 64m, Youngstown 75m, Mansfield 81m, New Philadelphia 87m, Marian 116m, Toledo 119m, Cambridge 124m, Findlay 126m, Columbus 144m, Defiance 163m, Lima 163m, Springfield 187m, Chillicothe 199m, Dayton 213m and Cincinnati 259m

• How close is next town to yours: .4 miles

• Population of your city: 433,748 people are in my city
  

State History Assignment 2#

• State name: Ohio

• Where name came from and its story: It came from a river the Iroquois Indians called Ohio River

• What is the meaning of name: Ohio means "large" or "beautiful lake"

• When did name come into being: In 1748 the Ohio co. formed to settle Ohio and in 1803 Ohio became a State

• Was this the States name before US owned it: Yes

• What main nationality 1st populated State? Did nationality of population affect State name: The Iroquois Indians were the first population and then European settlers from Germany, Ireland, Africa, Scotland, England, Sweden, Holland and France. The name came from the Iroquois Indians and the settlers had no affect.

• Was State named after someone? If so them and why they inspired the name: No. The name was taken from Ohio River.

• Who was involved in naming State: The Iroquois Indians called it Ohio.
  

State History Assignments #1

These State History Assignments are going to appear every week now - unless I'm not home for a week.
Now here are the first questions and My answer:

• What is your state name? Ohio
• How long have you lived there? 12 years (My whole life)
• What area of country is your State in? My State is in the mid-west
• What are some of the things that your state is known for? My state is known as the Buckeye state for the Buckeye trees that grow abundantly in the State and for an incident that occurred in 1788, when the very tall Colonel Sproat led a procession to a fort and the onlooking Indians, Impressed by his great stature, referred to him as "Big Buckeye". Ohio is also referred to as the Mother of Modern Presidents, having spawned 7 American Presidents!!
  
• What season do you like best? Spring with all the little plants coming out of the ground.
  
• What you dislike? I don't dislike anything about My State.
  

Joanna and Ben the 2 troublemakers and the 2 cuties

Joanna is a BIG trouble maker at 6 months, I mean a BIG trouble maker. She is into paper and small toys (toys she can swallow like the wheels on a toy car - that have little pieces) and books and all kinds of other stuff. She can get into stuff because shes crawling.
But she is also cute with two dark blue eyes, a tiny nose and a beautiful little smile.
Ben is also a BIG trouble maker as well

1. Hes squeezes Joanna
2. He gets into our stuff
3. He gets into markers or pens and starts drawing on himself (think its funny to he does)
   
4. He does not listen to you and throws fits.

But hes cute in his own way with a funny little voice, his funny little face and his short sandy hair.
Well bye.

The candy world

This is what I think the candy world would be like:
You could sit in chairs made of cinnamon sticks at desks and tables made of hardened maple syrup while you read (and eat) books made of candied fruit. Sleep in a bed made of cheesecake with a pillow and blanket of sugared fruit. Living in a house made like a ginger bread house with doors made of star bursts, pillars made of licorice sticks, cotton candy clouds, windows of flat round lollipops and rock candy. Grass of shredded coconut colored green, trees of tootsie pop suckers.
Cars of candy bars and life savers, flowers out of carved suckers, a sun of a giant jawbreaker.
Side walks and roads of bumpy truffles, fresh water made out of blue gushers, towels made of
fruit roll-ups, hats made of carved marshmallows, walking sticks of peppermint sticks, powdered sugar snow, cup cake for flowers, tvs made of cake, bags and boxs made of fruit flavored yogurt, donuts are rafts and fun couches, pudding pools, carmel gates, toys made of taffy and milk shake ink, so what can I say except that we live in a candy world (and if I could I would have it that way, too.

Sunny days

On a sunny day you can go outside and ride your bike or go on a picnic.
On some days my brothers make a tent with blankets, pillows, chairs, bikes, the clothes line and clothes pins. Joanna is put outside in her exersaucer to play. My Dad will mow the front yard and then sweep up the side walk. We will have home made frozen juice or frozen yogurt on popsicle sticks. We take our school work outside and do it. Mom, Me and Daniel work in the garden. Then I will mow the back yard. We will grill hot dogs and hamburgers on the grill, after we grill them my Dad cooks baked beans over the grill. We all have fun on sunny days.