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Template:/Intro Template:/box-footer Cleveland is the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the U.S. state of Ohio. It was founded in 1796 near the mouth of the Cuyahoga River, and became a manufacturing center owing to its location at the head of numerous canals and railroad lines. With the decline of heavy manufacturing, Cleveland's businesses have diversified into the service economy, including the financial services, insurance, and healthcare sectors. As of the 2000 Census, the city proper had a total population of 478,403, making it the 33rd largest city in the nation. Recent investments have provided the city with tourist attractions in the downtown area, such as Jacobs Field, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and Playhouse Square Center. In studies conducted by The Economist in 2005, Cleveland and Pittsburgh were ranked as the most livable cities in the United States, and the city was ranked as the best city for business meetings in the continental U.S. Nevertheless, the city faces continuing challenges, in particular from concentrated poverty in some neighborhoods and difficulties in the funding and delivering of high-quality public education. Read more... • Nominate another article • More Selected Articles 14px General William Tecumseh Sherman, a general of the Union Army during the American Civil War. Sherman is famous for Sherman's March to the Sea. Photo credit: Mathew Brady More Selected Pictures • Nominate File:Harry-truman.jpg ... that the 1944 Appalachians tornado outbreak was the worst tornado outbreak in the history of West Virginia? ... that American League MVP and Cleveland Indians baseball manager Lou Boudreau hit two home runs in the 1948 American League tie-breaker game to bring the Indians to the 1948 World Series? ... that even though the 1952 steel strike lasted 53 days and cost the U.S. $4 billion in lost economic output, it was settled on nearly the same terms offered by the union at the strike's beginning? ... that quarterback Jack Crabtree of the Oregon Ducks football team was named Most Valuable Player of the 1958 Rose Bowl even though his team lost the game? Template:/what to do Template:/box-footer Template:/NotFeaturedGA Template:/box-footer Template:/News Template:/box-footer Ordinarily, anyone in Columbus who wants to take a fling at haute cuisine goes to Cincinnati. –Calvin Trillin Nominate The Columbus Blue Jackets are a professional ice hockey team based in Columbus, Ohio. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League. Preceded in Ohio's capital by the Columbus Chill of the ECHL and the state of Ohio in general by the Cleveland Barons, the Blue Jackets were founded as an expansion team in 2000. The team qualified for the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the first time in 2009. They had previously been the only active NHL team not to qualify. The Blue Jackets' name and logos were inspired by Ohio's rich Civil War history. Read more... • Nominate another team • More Selected Teams Edwin Taylor Pollock was a career officer in the United States Navy, serving in both the Spanish–American War and World War I. He was subsequently promoted to the rank of Captain. Like many naval officers, his name was often abbreviated using initials: E. T. Pollock. As a young ensign, Pollock served on board the USS New York during the Spanish–American War. After the war, he gradually rose through the ranks and served on many ships, including doing important research into wireless communication. Less than a week before World War I, he won a race against a fellow officer to be the one to officially sign over the U.S. Virgin Islands from the Danish and serve as the territory's first acting-governor. During the war, he was promoted to captain and successfully transferred 60,000 American soldiers to France, for which he was awarded a Navy Cross. Afterward, he was made the eighth Naval Governor of American Samoa and then the superintendent of the United States Naval Observatory, before retiring in 1927. Read more... • Nominate another person • Other Selected Biographies Template:/FeaturedGA Template:/box-footer Cincinnati skyline at night Cincinnati skyline at night Template:/Categories Template:/box-footer Template:/Lists Template:/box-footer Template:/box-header Template:/Related WikiProjects Template:/box-footer 90px Cleveland  Cincinnati  Template:/box-footer Template:/Associated Wikimedia Template:/box-footer What are portals? List of portals Featured portals