Wednesday, July 22, 2009

The Cuyahoga River catches fire

DAILY DOUBLE July 21, 2003 – At 2.03 pounds and 12 ¼ inches long, the hybrid sunfish caught by Ray Durham of Oak Hill from a Campaign County farm pond is a state record. June 22, 1969 - The Cuyahoga River catches fire. Although the river had caught fire nine other times - the first time being in 1868 - this five-story blaze drew national attention to polluted Ohio's waterways.
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