A legendary Olympian and Ohioan Jesse Owens will be honored with his own state park on Tuesday.
Owens is widely regarded as one of the most talented track and field athletes in history.
He already has facilities at the Ohio State University named after him. That’s where he was a standout in the school’s track and field program before becoming a four-time gold medalist in the 1936 Olympics.
Now he’ll have something new named after him: a state park and wildlife area in eastern Ohio. The land spans parts of Guernsey, Morgan, Muskingum and Noble counties.
The state acquired the 13,000-acre area of reclaimed strip mining land last year for about $26 million from American Electric Power.
The Associated Press contributed to this story.
