Comments on: Column: Michigan-Ohio Rivalry Runs Deep

By: Mary Morgan

Mary Morgan — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:45:41 +0000

Thanks for pointing out the road/rode error – something an editor (me!) should have caught. I’ve corrected the text.

By: Jaspersail

Jaspersail — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:34:40 +0000

Some say Wood road to Perrysburg. Other say he rode there. ; )

By: cmadler

cmadler — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:09:42 +0000

I like to sum this historical incident up as: Michigan and Ohio fought a war; Wisconsin lost.

By: Cosmonican

Cosmonican — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:56:24 +0000

Ohio didn’t become a state until 1953. Oops, someone forgot to sign the paperwork 150 years earlier.

By: Peter Bratt

Peter Bratt — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:20:54 +0000

Nice column, although I think you are referring to President John Quincy Adams (1825-1829), not John Adams (1797-1801). Adams never returned to Washington after his defeat by Jefferson in 1800, while Adams served in the US House from 1831 to 1848 (and died while speaking on the floor of the US House.