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0021 - The Ohio Story: "The Master of Pleasant Valley"
The history of Louis Bromfield and his farm in Pleasant Valley near Mansfield where he spends his days restoring the goodness of Ohio soil.
0022 - The Ohio Story: "Ohio's Weather Men"
A behind the scenes look at Ohio's 7 weather stations.
0023 - The Ohio Story: "The Hole in the Earth"
The story of John Cleves Symmes, Jr. and his theory of the hollow Earth.
0024 - The Ohio Story: "The Country Editor"
The story of 75 year old Granville Barrere (Barrier) and his News-Herald newspaper in Hillsboro, Ohio.
0025 - The Ohio Story: "The Telephone Comes to Ohio"
The story of Alexander Graham Bell and the first telephone call ever made in Ohio in 1877. The first phone was located I in Cleveland at the offices of Messrs. Rhodes and Company, coal dealers.
0026 - The Ohio Story: "The House that Jack Built"
The history of the sixteen-room home that was built by Jake Hetherington as a monument to a mule overlooking the river near Bellaire, Ohio.
0027 - The Ohio Story: "Highway Patrol"
The history of Ohio's State Highway Patrol that was charged with enforcing the laws of the state relating to registration and licensing of motor vehicles.
0028 - The Ohio Story: "What's In a Name?"
Background on how some of the more unusual place names in Ohio were derived.
0029 - The Ohio Story: "Star Light, Star Bright"
A look at the work of scientists at the Perkins Observatory in Delaware, Ohio.
0030 - The Ohio Story: "Cooper-Bessemer"
A history of the Cooper-Bessemer engine plant in Mount Vernon, Ohio.