Cleveland

The phrase "Best Location in the Nation," seems to have been coined in the 1940s. Still very popular in the 1960s and 1970s, it comes from the fact that Cleveland is 600 miles from 60% of the U.S. (and a good chunk of Canada).

It was the jingle you couldn't escape if you watched TV in Cleveland in the early '80s. Channel 43 went on the air in 1968, eight months after the debut of WKBF, Channel 61. Both were independent stations, but only one survived the '70s....

Woodsy Owl first appeared in 1971 and asked Americans to take better care of the environment by disposing of trash properly.??An updated version of Woodsy was developed in the 1990s.

Family Video was in founded in 1978 in Springfield, Illinois as the Video Movie Club. The idea came about when??Midstates Appliance and Supply Company, owned by Charles Hoogland, found itself stuck with an excess of video movies as a result of being a distributor...

While it sounds like a feel good, positive mental health message, the "I'm Thumbody" campaign was, in fact, created for a financial services firm. It was introduced in 1971 and used to market various bank and credit unions across the U.S.

Ohio is alive!!!

The Checker Motors Corporation was a Kalamazoo-based vehicle manufacture best known for making taxi cabs. The iconic, boxy sedans, roamed the streets of America's cities for most of the 20th century, before ceasing production in 1982. Though widely used by cab companies, Checker cars...

Based in Cleveland, Millbrook Bread was sold throughout the Midwest in the 1970s and 1980s. In the 1990s, it's parent brand opted to go with another name nationwide in an apparent attempt to have a more consistent feel in product offerings.

As the cold wind rolls off Lake Erie, Cleveland baseball fans' thoughts turn to Arizona and spring training.??

North Coast football fans are celebrating the team's first playoff appearance since 2002, first playoff win since 1994, and first road playoff win since 1968. The only thing that makes it better is that it was all accomplished by beating their arch rivals from...

The Wildcat roller coaster was the signature ride at Youngstown's Idora Park.

As Squints said it best in The Sandlot, live and die Cleveland FOR-EV-ER!

The Indianapolis ABCs of the Negro National League became The Cleveland Buckeyes in 1927 and halfway through the season changed their name to the Cleveland Hornets. They only lasted one season though. An unrelated Cleveland Buckeyes team joined the Negro American League in 1942.

The Arena Football League was founded in 1986 by Jim Foster, who had gotten the idea from watching a Major Indoor Soccer League game earlier in the decade. After two test games in 1986, the league kicked off in 1987 with four teams travelling...

Dad can do it again in this fun shirt from Old School Shirts!

Ohio IS America!

When it was completed in 1976 it was "the biggest mall, in all the world." It thrived for years but started to decline at the beginning of the 2000s, finally succumbing to other area shopping centers as well as Internet retailers. The mall was...

The Columbus Thunderbolts of the Arena Football League (AFL) were established in 1991 and played their home games in the Expo Center. Their coach was Earl Bruce. In 1992, they moved to Cleveland, folding after the 1994 season. Arena football returned to Northeast Ohio...

Former neighborhood troublemaker, and some time loan shark, Kelly Leak became a star outfielder for the Bears.

Roy will only use one bat.

Originally opened as Avalanche Run, this indoor roller coaster opened at Cedar Point in 1985. In 1990, it was renovated and renamed Disaster Transport, featuring a futuristic space theme. Over time, though, the theming deteriorated and was never repaired. It gave it's last ride...

Designed by the Dinn Corporation of Cincinnati, Mean Streak opened on May 11, 1991 at Cedar Point. The coaster's designer, Charles Summers, was also on the design team for The Beast at Kings Island. In 2016, the ride was closed. It was redesigned for...

Who will get the $1 million "stick-it?"

We don't have any oceans in the Buckeye State, but we have plenty of ponds, lakes, and rivers. Stay alert. You never know...

Higbee's was a department store founded in 1860 in Cleveland. It almost went out of business during the Great Depression, but reorganized and became quite successful after World War II. In the 1950s and 1960s, suburban were locations were added at the new shopping...

The Gladiators were Cleveland's second foray into the Arena Football League, after the Thunderbolts (1992-1994). The team began in New Jersey as the Red Dogs in 1997. They changed their name to Gladiators in 2001 and moved to Las Vegas in 2003. In 2007,...

The Mentor Ice Breakers joined the Federal Hockey League (now the Federal Prospects Hockey League) in 2018. Their home ice was the Mentor Civic Arena. The team drew well, but the shortening of the 2019-2020 season due to COVID-19, and an uncertain future following...

The Buckeye State will make you scream!

Wright Airlines, founded in 1966, is considered to be America's first regional airline, as well as the nation's first commuter airline. Based at Cleveland's Burke Lakefront Airport, it flew until 1984.

Spartan Mart was a discount department store chain that operated in the 1960s and 1970s.