GLCEvent 1913 FloodCNoteThis was considered Ohio's greatest natural disaster. It rained for three days over much of the state and nearly every riverside city had flooding. The state suffered 428 known deaths and destruction of more than 20,000 houses.XKnepper, George W. Ohio and Its People. Ohio: Kent State University Press, 1989. p. 340.American Civil WarlBhttp://www.us-civilwar.com/ Taken from the Internet July 3, 2001.American RevolutionO ZQIt began with the Declaration of Independence and ended with the Treaty of Paris.[http://webpages.homestead.com/revwar/files/INDEX.HTM Taken from the Internet, July 3, 2001America's First Traffic Light ClevelandOhttp://www.50states.com/facts/ohio.htm Taken from the Internet, July 29, 2001. Annie Oakley Darke CountyBorn in Darke County, Ohio. Her father died when she was four years old. At age 17 she traveled to Cincinnati to take part in a shooting match, defeating the world's best shot, Frank Butler, by one shot. Several years later she married Butler and they performed together in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Oakley was a sharpshooter and as part of the show would shoot a cigarette out of her husband's mouth. A movie was made of her life called, "Get Your Gun Annie." Khttp://www.expage.com/OhioHistory2 Taken from the Internet, July 28, 2001.Battle of Fallen TimbersiGen. "Mad" Anthony Wayne and his Legion of the United States met and defeated the confederated tribes, led by Weyapiersenwah (Blue Jacket) of the Shawnee and Michikinikwa. Despite later attempts by Native Americans under Tecumseh of the Shawnee to halt white encroachment, the loss at Fallen Timbers and the ensuing Treaty of Greenville (1795) opened the lands of the Northwest Territory to white settlement and initiated the closing of them to Native Americans. Qhttp://www.heidelberg.edu/FallenTimbers/ Taken from the Internet, July 29, 2001.Becomes a StateuIt was the 17th state to join. It was part of the Northwest Territory until that time. Joining was made possible by the Enabling Act, passed April 30, 1802.http://www.50states.com/ohio.htm Taken from the Internet, July 26, 2001. and www.50states.com/statehood1.htm Taken from the Internet, July 16, 2001.First Issue of Paper Moneyv CincinnatiState-chartered banks were granted the power to issue paper money. The first charter went to the Miami Exporting Company of Cincinnati.XKnepper, George W. Ohio and Its People. Ohio: Kent State University Press, 1989. p. 138.First Man on the Moon