What's today known as this was established near Columbus in 1870 as an agricultural & mechanical college
The Ohio State University
5 burglars are busted at the DNC's office at the Watergate
the 1970s
The Facebook page of this century-old brand of sandwich cookie has more than 42 million "likes"
Oreo
Mackinac State Forest
Michigan
24 hours earlier
Yesterday
People laughed when Dayton's James Ritty added a bell to this store device, but the noise deterred theft
The Cash Register
The Unabomber commits his last murder & is caught with bomb parts & detailed journals of his crimes
the 1990s
This Nabisco brand went cage-free on its box covers in 2018
Animal Crackers
Tillamook State Forest
Oregon
In radio communication, "message received & understood"
Roger
Little Turtle fought off U.S. troops as a chief of this Ohio (not Florida) tribe
Miami
The kidnapping of Charles & Anne Lindbergh's baby
The 1930s
DD: This Nestle cookie named for a Massachusetts inn dates to the 1930s
The Toll House
Lowell-Dracut-Tyngsboro State Forest
Massachusetts
According to a proverb, it's "the best teacher"
experience
In an 1835 "war" Ohio got Toledo & this state got its upper peninsula
Michigan
The NSC goes around Congress to sell antiaircraft missiles to Iran in the Iran-Contra Affair
the 1980s
A little elf told me that this brand makes E.L. Fudge, but obviously, that elf was slacking & should get back to work
Keebler
Mississippi Headwaters State Forest
Minnesota
It's the Japanese name for Japan
Nippon
During the Civil War, Ohio rep. Clement Vallandigham was a leader of these "snaky" antiwar northerners
The Copperheads
Leopold & Loeb kill Bobby Franks for an "intellectual" thrill
the 1920s
These Girl Scout cookies are known as the "Cradle of Polynesia"
Samoas
Mohegan State Forest
Connecticut
In 2017 Monopoly gave the boot to the boot, the thimble & this contraption designed to move outdoor loads
The wheelbarrow