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0413 - The Ohio Story: " Marvin Kent's Footnote"
The story of Marvin Kent who developed a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Atlantic Coast. He was also responsible for the name change of his home town from Franklin Mills to Kent, Ohio.
0269 - The Ohio Story: "The Bent, Zigzag, and Crooked"
The story of the early railroad (known as the B. Z. & C.) that ran between Bellaire, Zanesville, and Cincinnati covering 112 miles and a million curves. Others called it the Bent, Zig-Zag and Crooked.
0130 - The Ohio Story: "Jay Cooke, Financier"
The story of Sandusky's Jay Cooke, Civil War era financier and war bond salesman.