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accommodation. Ohio gets its name from the river that forms
its southern border. Ohio is an Iroquois word meaning "great
water." The capital of the "Buckeye State" is
Columbus,
and, not surprisingly, the state tree is the buckeye.
Each summer, the traditions of Ireland are celebrated in
Cleveland, Ohio
at the annual
Cleveland
Irish Cultural Festival. This celebration of the region's Irish
heritage features the best in Irish entertainment from Ireland,
Canada, and the United States on nine stages. The girls in this
photo are doing a traditional Irish folk dance in authentic
costume. Other highlights include Irish plays, pipe bands, and
an Irish feis.
Dayton, Ohio is one of only a few cities in the United States
that still operates an electric trolley bus system for its mass
transportation.
 If you were to visit Xenia,
Ohio, you could see an outdoor drama production that
shows the Ohio Valley area as it was in the late 1700s, when
advancing frontiersmen fought the Shawnee Indians who wanted the
land to remain free of ownership.
Have you ever seen a horse race? How about a harness race? A
harness race is one in which a horse pulls a light, two-wheeled
vehicle called a sulky. If you want to see a horse pacing race
go to Delaware,
Ohio for the Little Brown Jug Harness Race, which takes
place every year on the third Thursday after Labor Day. The
Little Brown Jug is a race for three-year-old pacing horses. The
first race was held in 1946 |
