A report on Toledo, Ohio

Peter Navarre, frontiersman, hero of the Battle of Lake Erie

A 1955 Interstate planning map of Toledo

A postcard of Toledo in the Depression era

Map of racial distribution in Toledo, 2010 U.S. Census. Each dot is 25 people:

One SeaGate, the tallest building in Toledo, is the location of Fifth Third Bank's Northwest Ohio headquarters.

PNC Bank Building, formerly the Ohio Bank Building. Built in 1932, it is the 3rd tallest in Toledo.

Greek revival façade of the Monroe Street entrance, Toledo Museum of Art

The National Guard delivering water during the 2014 event

City in and the county seat of Lucas County, Ohio, United States.

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Maumee River

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River running in the United States Midwest from northeastern Indiana into northwestern Ohio and Lake Erie.

An Island in the Maumee River, Toledo, Ohio, 1909

Sheet's Island, Maumee River, Maumee, Ohio, 1900s

Huffman Island, Maumee River, Toledo, Ohio, 1907

Ice Buildup on Maumee River at Cherry Street Bridge in Toledo, Ohio, 1924

The general extent of the Great Black Swamp prior to the 19th century

The St. Marys River (left) and St. Joseph River (right) converge to form the Maumee River (foreground) in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

The Veterans' Glass City Skyway in Toledo, Ohio

The city of Toledo is located at the mouth of the Maumee.

Lucas County, Ohio

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County located in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Ohio.

The disputed portion of Michigan Territory claimed by the state of Ohio known as the Toledo Strip.

Map of Lucas County, Ohio with Municipal and Township labels

Its county seat is Toledo, located at the mouth of the Maumee River on the lake.

Ohio

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State in the Midwestern region of the United States.

Artists conception of the Fort Ancient SunWatch Indian Village in Dayton.

Iroquois conquests during the Beaver Wars (mid-1600s), which largely depopulated the upper and mid-Ohio River valley.

The Ohio Country indicating battle sites between American settlers and indigenous tribes, 1775–1794.

Rufus Putnam by James Sharples, Jr., 1797

Battle of Lake Erie by William Henry Powell.

The first Standard Oil refinery was opened in Cleveland by businessman John D. Rockefeller.

Iron being converted to steel for wartime efforts at Youngstown's Republic Steel in 1941.

Köppen climate types of Ohio, using 1991-2020 climate normals.

Cincinnati's Procter & Gamble is one of Ohio's largest companies in terms of revenue.

The Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, home to the Ohio General Assembly.

The Thomas J. Moyer Ohio Judicial Center holds the Supreme Court of Ohio.

Presidential election results by county for 2020

University Hall at the Ohio State University in Columbus.

Bosworth Hall at Oberlin College in northeast Ohio.

Springer Auditorium at the Cincinnati Music Hall.

Progressive Field, home to the Cleveland Guardians baseball team

Ohio Stadium in Columbus, home to the Ohio State Buckeyes football team, is the fifth largest stadium in the world.

Population growth by county in Ohio between the 2010 and 2020 censuses. -10 to -5 percent
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Many of the state's former industrial centers turned to new industries, including Akron as a center for polymer and biomedical research, Cincinnati as the state's largest mercantile hub, Columbus as a center for technological research and development, education, and insurance, Cleveland in regenerative medicine research and manufacturing, Dayton as an aerospace and defense hub, and Toledo as a national center for solar technology.

Greek Revival Townhouse built in the 1840s. Originally located on Wayne and Gibbs Street

Maumee, Ohio

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City in Lucas County, Ohio, United States.

Located along the Maumee River, it is about 10 miles southwest of Toledo.

Monroe County, Michigan

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County in the U.S. state of Michigan.

The portion of the Michigan Territory claimed by the State of Ohio known as the Toledo Strip.

The Detroit Edison-owned Monroe Power Plant has the tallest structures in Monroe County.

U.S. Census data map showing local municipal boundaries within Monroe County. Shaded areas represent incorporated cities.

When the city of Toledo was incorporated in 1833, it was part of Monroe County instead of the state of Ohio.

Upper Peninsula of Michigan

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Northern and more elevated of the two major landmasses that make up the U.S. state of Michigan; it is separated from the Lower Peninsula by the Straits of Mackinac.

The Upper Falls of the Tahquamenon River, near the northern shore of the peninsula

Smelter at Quincy Hill, Hancock, Michigan circa 1906

Juvenile bald eagle in the Keweenaw Peninsula

A cabin in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan after a snowfall

Ruins found in the western Upper Peninsula

The Quincy Mine near Hancock mined copper until 1945.

Straits of Mackinac and bridge in winter looking south from St. Ignace

"Da Yoopers Tourist Trap", near Ishpeming, features a host of items in its museum and store that play up Yooper stereotypes

After being assigned to various territorial jurisdictions, it was granted to the newly formed state of Michigan as part of the settlement of a dispute with Ohio over the city of Toledo.

Cincinnati

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City in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Hamilton County.

Cincinnati in 1812 with a population of 2,000

Cincinnati in 1841 with the Miami and Erie Canal in the foreground

Tall Stacks, held every three or four years between 1988 and 2006, celebrated the city's riverboat heritage.

The Genius of Water, a symbol of Cincinnati, was dedicated in 1871.

Procter & Gamble headquarters in Cincinnati

Approximately 1 million attend Taste of Cincinnati yearly, making it one of the largest street festivals in the United States.

Cheese coneys containing Cincinnati chili, developed in the 1920s by Macedonian immigrants in Cincinnati

View of downtown Cincinnati in 2010, showing city arenas

A Cyclones home game at Heritage Bank Center

Crime in Cincinnati increased after the 2001 riots, but has been decreasing since.

The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center has exhibits on the Underground Railroad.

Findlay Market, Ohio's oldest operating market

The University of Cincinnati's College of Arts & Sciences

Xavier University, a private Jesuit university in Cincinnati and Norwood, Ohio

The Aronoff Center, one of Cincinnati's largest performing arts venues

The Contemporary Arts Center building, designed by Zaha Hadid

Local folk band Shiny and the Spoon perform at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden.

Cincinnati Union Terminal serves Amtrak's Cardinal line and houses several museums.

The Cincinnati Bell Connector streetcar line

Fort Washington Way, one of Cincinnati's major freeways

In 1827, the canal connected Cincinnati to nearby Middletown; by 1840, it had reached Toledo.

Toledo War

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Almost bloodless boundary dispute between the U.S. state of Ohio and the adjoining territory of Michigan over what is now known as the Toledo Strip.

Map of the Northwest Territory as established by the Congress of the Confederation in the Northwest Ordinance, shown with present-day state borders, and correct spatial relationship between Lakes Michigan and Erie

"Mitchell Map" of the region, from the late 18th century, used to create the Ordinance Line of 1787. The southern tip of Lake Michigan is depicted as being farther north than Lake Erie.

Map by David Burr from U.S. House Report 380, 24th Congress, 1st Session, highlighting the contested land area between Michigan and Ohio territories

Michigan Territory governor, Lewis Cass (1813–1831)

Former Ohio Governor and U.S. Surveyor General Edward Tiffin, who commissioned the Harris Line survey

Michigan Territory Governor Stevens T. Mason (1832–1839)

U.S. President Andrew Jackson, who sided with Ohio in the conflict and dismissed Mason as governor

Richard Rush of Pennsylvania, a representative of President Jackson who helped to present a compromise to both governors

A box labeled "Toledo, Mi" that may have been used by the Michigan Militia during the Toledo War

Ohioan Two Stickney, who caused the sole serious injury in the Toledo War by stabbing a Michigan sheriff's deputy

Journal of the 1836 Michigan Territorial Convention, often called the Frostbitten Convention

The Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Congress offered the region in red to the state of Michigan in exchange for the Toledo Strip, as a compromise.

USGS topographic map that shows the Ordinance Line as "South Bdy Michigan Survey". There are jogs in many north–south roads at this line.

Michigan Governor Woodbridge N. Ferris and Ohio Governor Frank B. Willis shake on a truce over state line markers erected in 1915.

$The northern tier of townships in Williams County are within the Toledo Strip. The southern boundary of each lies along the Ordinance Line.<ref>{{cite news |last = Maynard |first = Kevin |title = Williams County was created 200 years ago |date = June 9, 2020 |newspaper = The Bryan Times |location = Bryan, Ohio |url = https://www.bryantimes.com/williams-county-was-created-200-years-ago/article_f12a6532-85ea-56b2-8518-68929dced244.html |access-date = March 28, 2021 }}</ref>$

The northern half of Dover Township in Fulton County Ohio, formerly claimed by Michigan, is shifted, or "jogs", at "Old State Line Road", now County Road K.

Both states deployed militias on opposite sides of the Maumee River near Toledo, but besides mutual taunting, there was little interaction between the two forces.

Toledo metropolitan area

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This Wind Turbine in Bowling Green is one of the many wind turbines in rural Northwest Ohio areas.

The Toledo Metropolitan Area, or Greater Toledo, or Northwest Ohio is a metropolitan area centered on the American city of Toledo, Ohio.

Waterville, Ohio

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Waterville is a city in Lucas County, Ohio, United States, along the Maumee River, a suburb of Toledo.