Editing Bucyrus, Ohio (section)

==History==
[[File:2004 Bratwurst Festival.JPG|thumb|left|2004 Bratwurst Festival Parade]]

The origin of the name Bucyrus is not certain. It was given by [[James Kilbourne]], who laid out the town in 1821.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_dt48AAAAYAAJ | title=The Ohio Gazetteer, or, a Topographical Dictionary | publisher=Scott and Wright | year=1833 | access-date=12 December 2013 | author=Kilbourn, John | page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_dt48AAAAYAAJ/page/n93 109]}}</ref> One theory is that the name Bucyrus is derived from "beautiful" coupled with the name of [[Cyrus the Great]], founder of the [[Achaemenid Empire|First Persian Empire]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Bucyrus: "Beautiful Cyrus"|url=http://touringohio.com/northwest/crawford/bucyrus/bucyrus.html|website=Touring Ohio|publisher=Ohio City Productions Inc.|access-date=2016-10-31}}</ref><ref name=name>{{cite book | publisher=The Ohio State Archæological and Historical Society | work=Ohio Archæological and Historical Quarterly | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T4QUAAAAYAAJ&q=origin+of+name+bucyrus&pg=RA1-PA17 | title=A Vision Fulfilled|year=1922 |author=Alfred, Maud Bush| access-date=27 October 2016 | page=17}}</ref> An alternate theory is that the city was named after [[Busiris (Greek mythology)|Busiris]], a city of [[ancient Egypt]].<ref name=name/>

The Bucyrus Foundry and Manufacturing Company, a predecessor to [[Bucyrus International]], Inc. was founded in Bucyrus in 1880. The company moved to Wisconsin in 1893.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090326140347/http://www.bucyrus.com/pdf/Bucyrus_Timeline.pdf Bucyrus Timeline]</ref>

Bucyrus was once home to the Dostal Brothers Brewery. Founded in 1902, the brewery was run by John M. and George A. Dostal.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dostal Brothers Brewery – OH 21e|url=http://www.oldbreweries.com/breweries-by-state/ohio/bucyrus-oh-1-brewery/dostal-brothers-brewery-oh-21e/|website=Old Breweries|date=22 August 2013|access-date=2016-10-31}}</ref><ref>[https://archive.org/details/cu31924012523464 Internet Archive], pages 683-684.</ref>

The [[Lincoln Highway]], later US Route 30, was routed through the city along Mansfield Street in 1913. In 1971 a modern, limited-access bypass was built to the north, but the associated freeway links to the east and west of Bucyrus, replacing the old two-lane Lincoln Highway route, were not completed until 2005, nearly 35 years after they were first proposed.

Ohio Central Traction Company, an interurban line that connected the two communities of Bucyrus and Galion, developed [http://www.bucyrushistoricalsociety.org/gallery_articles/Seccaium.htmark Seccaium Park] at the end of the nineteenth century.

There was a notable landmark of an Elephant with a “B” atop the Geiger Clothing store (since demolished) on Washington Square. This was to promote Geiger's motto which was, “Buy your clothing here, for it will last like the hide of an elephant.” <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bucyrusohio.com/great-american-crossroads-mural-by-artist-eric-grohe/|title = Great American Crossroads Mural by Artist Eric Grohe}}</ref>

On March 10, 2007, Bucyrus was featured as the town of the week on the nationally syndicated [[Public Radio International]] program, [[Michael Feldman's Whad'Ya Know?|''Whad'Ya Know?'']]. <ref>[https://ln5.sync.com/dl/0e9566bf0/3mmge78e-6v78i3nn-93tnbtqk-94t3eepe/view/default/9915014350014 Sound Recording ''Whad'Ya Know?'' 10 March 2007]</ref>