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  2. History of the Detroit Lions - Wikipedia

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    The history of the Detroit Lions, a professional American football franchise based in Detroit, dates back to 1928 when they played in Portsmouth, Ohio as the Spartans. They joined the National Football League (NFL) in 1930, then moved to Detroit and changed their name to the Lions in 1934 and won their first NFL Championship the following season.

  3. American lion - Wikipedia

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    The American lion (Panthera atrox (/ ˈ p æ n θ ər ə ˈ æ t r ɒ k s /), with the species name meaning "savage" or "cruel", also called the North American lion) is an extinct pantherine cat native to North America during the Late Pleistocene from around 130,000 to 12,800 years ago.

  4. Ohio Company of Associates - Wikipedia

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    The Ohio Company of Associates, also known as the Ohio Company, was a land company whose members are today credited with becoming the first non- Native American group to permanently settle west of the Allegheny mountains. In 1788 they established Marietta, Ohio, as the first permanent settlement of the new United States in the newly organized ...

  5. Paleontology in Ohio - Wikipedia

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    The fossil record of Ohio includes greater numbers of land plants, brachiopods, clams, crinoids, fishes. [4] Ohio was a low-lying swampy plain near the coast during the Pennsylvanian. Its latitude was near the equator. Sea levels rose and fell sporadically so the rock record shows a history of land, freshwater, and sea deposits.

  6. Detroit Lions got their start as Portsmouth Spartans: 5 ... - AOL

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    The Portsmouth Spartans were founded in 1928, but were moved to Detroit in 1934. Chillicothe's very own Byron Eby played for the Spartans. In October 1930, the Ironton Tanks handed the Spartans ...

  7. Ohio Company - Wikipedia

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    The Ohio Company, formally known as the Ohio Company of Virginia, was a land speculation company organized for the settlement by Virginians of the Ohio Country (approximately the present U.S. state of Ohio) and to trade with the Native Americans. The company had a land grant from Britain and a treaty with Indians, but France also claimed the ...

  8. Penn State-Ohio State football 2016: Revisiting Nittany Lions ...

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    It was the Nittany Lionsfirst victory against Ohio State since 2011, their first win over a ranked team under Franklin, their first victory over a top-five team since 1999 and their first win ...

  9. Prehistory of Ohio - Wikipedia

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    Prehistory of Ohio provides an overview of the activities that occurred prior to Ohio's recorded history. The ancient hunters, Paleo-Indians (13000 B.C. to 7000 B.C.), descended from humans that crossed the Bering Strait. There is evidence of Paleo-Indians in Ohio, who were hunter-gatherers that ranged widely over land to hunt large game.