Ohio was the 17th state, when it entered the union in 1803. She has been home to seven Presidents as well as to the Wright Brothers, Thomas Edison, and the first street light. See how many of these other Ohio facts you know.

Cincinnati was the first city in the United States to have a fire department and the first city to have an ambulance service.

Cleveland, in addition to having the first street light, was the first United States city to be lighted electrically.

The Pro Football Hall of Fame is located in Canton, Ohio, just south of Akron.

Ohio has over 40,000 miles of waterways.

Cleveland is home to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as well as the Drew Carey show.

Ohio’s state bird is the Cardinal. Her state flower is the Carnation. The state tree is the Buckeye.

Akron is the world’s leading rubber-producing city. Firestone and Goodyear are located there.

Eliot Ness, the special agent who brought down Chicago crime boss, Al Capone, was Public Safety Director in Cleveland before moving to Chicago. He’s buried in Cleveland’s Lakeview Cemetery.

Ohio native, W.F. Semple patented chewing gum in 1869.

America’s first hot dog came from Ohio, in the early 1900s.

By Sandy Mitchell