OHIO STATEWIDE FILES - Know your Ohio: Mother of Presidents *********************************************************************** OHGENWEB NOTICE: All distribution rights to this electronic data are reserved by the submitter. Reproduction or re-presentation of copyrighted material will require the permission of the copyright owner. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. *********************************************************************** File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Darlene E. Kelley http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00026.html#0006374 June 9, 1999 *********************************************************************** Historical Collections of Ohio The Kelley Family Collections Newspaper article, Plains Dealer compiled by S.J. Kelley-- 1925 And Then They Went West by Darlene E. Kelley 1998 *********************************************************************** Spirit-- The spirit of Ohio is probably best summed up by the States motto, " With God, All Things Are Possible." Although Ohio did not become a State until 1803, thousands of people moved to the area from the already crowded Eastern Seaboard between 1788 and 1789. They came armed only with optimism and a willingness to work hard to make a better life for themselves-- and they succeeded. Ohio has consistantly given birth to people who have changed the United States and people who live here. Mother of Presidents-- People started calling Ohio the " Mother of President's", where three U.S. Presidents in a row came. Ulysses S.Grants, Rutherford B. Hayes and James A. Garfield. Although Virginia and Ohio still fight over who claims William Henry Harrison--who was born in Virginia but moved to Ohio at a young age--they both can agree that he was the person responsible for popularizing the nickname, " The Buckeye State " with a series of slogans and songs during his Presidential campaign in the mid 1800's. Presidents Benjamin Harrison, William Mc Kinley. William H. Taft, and Warren G. Harding also came from " The Buckeye State." *********************************************