Editing Steubenville, Ohio (section)

==Arts and culture==
Steubenville is the birthplace of [[Ohio Valley-style pizza]], a distinctive style of pizza that features cold toppings on a baked crust.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Story of Ohio Valley-Style Pizza - PMQ Pizza Magazine |url=https://www.pmq.com/ohio-valley-style-pizza/ |access-date=June 14, 2023 |website=www.pmq.com|date=May 5, 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Best Pizza in Every State |url=https://www.foodandwine.com/travel/restaurants/best-pizza-every-state |access-date=June 14, 2023 |website=Food & Wine |language=en}}</ref>

Actor, singer and comedian [[Dean Martin]] was born and raised in Steubenville, and the town features an annual Dean Martin Festival and a Dean Martin Room at the Jefferson County Historical Museum and Library.<ref name="Martin">{{cite web |title=Dean Martin Festival |url=http://www.deanmartinsteubenville.com/tours.html}}</ref><ref name="Jefferson">{{cite web |title=Jefferson County Historical Museum |url=https://www.visitsteubenville.com/what-to-do/historic-sites-museums/jefferson-county-historical-museum/}}</ref>

Between 1887 and 1913, a team known as the [[Steubenville Stubs]] sparsely played [[minor league baseball]]  at various times in the [[Ohio State League]], [[Interstate League]], [[Ohio–Pennsylvania League]] and [[Pennsylvania–Ohio–Maryland League]]. The [[Steubenville Stampede]] was a member of the [[Continental Indoor Football League]] from 2006 to 2007.

===Historic sites===
[[File:Archaeological Dig at Old Fort Steuben.jpg|thumb|right|An archaeological dig on the grounds of the reconstructed [[Fort Steuben]]]]

[[Fort Steuben]], located downtown on South Third Street, is a reconstructed 18th-century fort on its original location overlooking the Ohio River. Built in 1787 to protect the government surveyors of the [[Seven Ranges]] of the Northwest Territory, Fort Steuben housed 150 men of the 1st American Regiment. The non-profit organization that worked to rebuild the fort also developed the surrounding block into Fort Steuben Park which includes the Veterans Memorial Fountain and the Berkman Amphitheater. The Fort Steuben Visitors Center is home to the Museum Shop and the Steubenville Convention & Visitors Bureau and is an official site on the Ohio River Scenic Byway.{{citation needed|date=January 2013}}

Adjacent to the fort is the First Federal Land Office with its original logs from 1801. After the Ohio country was surveyed, it could be sold or given away as land grants; the settlers brought their deeds to be registered at the Land Office to David Hoge, the Registrar of Lands and Titles for the Northwest Territory.{{citation needed|date=January 2013}}

===Libraries===
Steubenville has two public lending libraries, the [[Carnegie library|Carnegie Library of Steubenville]] and [[Schiappa Branch Library]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.steubenville.lib.oh.us/communities/branches.asp | title=Branch Locations | publisher=The Public Library of Steubenville and Jefferson County | access-date=February 26, 2018}}</ref>

===Public art===
[[File:Dean Martin Mural in Steubenville.jpg|thumb|A mural of entertainer [[Dean Martin]], who was born and raised in Steubenville]]

Steubenville's nickname is the "City of Murals", because there are more than 25 downtown murals.<ref name="City-Website"/>
There are numerous murals, markers and a walking tour in Steubenville, many paying homage to Dean Martin.<ref name="Martin"/><ref name="Jefferson"/> There is also a mural Washington Street dedicated to two [[Tuskegee Airmen]] who were brothers, [[John Ellis Edwards]] and Jerome Edwards.<ref name="2airmen">{{cite news |title=Legacy of 2 Tuskegee Airmen From Steubenville Honored |url=https://www.theintelligencer.net/news/community/2020/05/legacy-of-2-tuskegee-airmen-from-steubenville-honored/ |access-date=August 10, 2020 |publisher=The Intelligencer Wheeling News |date=May 9, 2020}}</ref>

The "Ohio Valley Steelworker" Statue was created by artist Dimitri Akis as a tribute to Ohio Valley [[steelworkers]]. The life-size figure carries a long-handled dipping ladle and is wearing the hooded fire-proof suit worn in the steel mills. The statue was located at the junction of Hwy 22 (University Blvd) and Hwy 7 (Dean Martin Blvd). In the fall of 2014, the statue was moved to its new home, displayed on South Fourth Street at the site of the Public Library of Steubenville and Jefferson County.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.heraldstaronline.com/page/content.detail/id/611930/Steelworker-on-the-move.html?nav=5010|title=Steelworker on the Move|first=Dave|last=Gossett|date=November 13, 2014|newspaper=Herald-Star|access-date=November 17, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141220062105/http://www.heraldstaronline.com/page/content.detail/id/611930/Steelworker-on-the-move.html?nav=5010|archive-date=December 20, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> There is a statue downtown commemorating [[Edwin Stanton]], President [[Abraham Lincoln]]'s [[secretary of war]]. Stanton was born and raised in Steubenville.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/index.php?title=Edwin_M._Stanton&rec=356|title=Edwin M. Stanton - Ohio History Central|website=www.ohiohistorycentral.org|language=en|access-date=February 2, 2017}}</ref>

===Steubenville Nutcracker Village===
In 2015, two local businessmen started a Christmas-themed festival, the Steubenville Nutcracker Village and Advent Market. The event is centered around a large collection life-size nutcracker sculptures spread throughout Fort Steuben Park in downtown Steubenville.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.steubenvillenutcrackervillage.com/|title=The Steubenville NutcrackerVillage & Advent Market|website=The Steubenville NutcrackerVillage & Advent Market|access-date=November 30, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.oldfortsteuben.com/nutcrackervillage.php|title=Historic Fort Steuben - Nutcracker Village and Advent Market|website=www.oldfortsteuben.com|language=en|access-date=November 30, 2017}}</ref> The Nutcracker Village is free and open to the public 24 hours a day and generally runs from the Tuesday before [[Thanksgiving (United States)|Thanksgiving]] to [[Epiphany (holiday)|Epiphany Sunday]] in early January.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.steubenvillenutcrackervillage.com/schedule.html|title=Schedule|website=The Steubenville NutcrackerVillage & Advent Market|access-date=November 30, 2017}}</ref>

The event began in 2015 with 37 locally produced, hand-painted nutcrackers.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Free |first=Cathy |date=2023-12-22 |title=A town fell on hard times. Hundreds of giant nutcrackers revived it. |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2023/12/19/christmas-nutcrackers-steubenville-ohio-holiday/ |access-date=2023-12-25 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref>  They are made of [[fiberglass]] and foam at a local business.<ref name=":0" />  Design and production takes about 40 hours each.<ref name=":0" /> In the second year, there were a total of 75 nutcrackers; by 2023, there were 209 around town.<ref name=":0" />  Each of the nutcrackers, which range in height from {{convert|5|to|9|ft|m}} tall is unique, and the designs include fictional characters from books, movies, comic strips, and songs, holiday characters like [[Mrs. Claus]], and professions, such as a [[Welder|steel welder]].<ref name=":0" />

Live entertainment and a German-style [[Christmas market|Advent Market]] featuring local artisans and craftsmen, as well as hot food and drink vendors, runs each weekend through the month of December in Fort Steuben Park to coincide with the Nutcracker Village event. The popularity of the Nutcracker Village since its inception has inspired other nutcracker-themed ventures in the City of Steubenville, including Drosselmeyer's Nutcracker Shoppe, a year-round Christmas shop in downtown Steubenville,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.steubenvillenutcrackervillage.com/shop.html|title=Shop|website=The Steubenville NutcrackerVillage & Advent Market|access-date=November 30, 2017}}</ref> and ''Wooden Hearts Follies'', a locally-written and performed musical centered around characters from the event.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3127097|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613043534/https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3127097|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 13, 2021|title=Wooden Hearts Follies - Tickets|website=www.brownpapertickets.com|access-date=November 30, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.weirtondailytimes.com/news/local-news/2017/10/cast-selected-for-wooden-heart-follies/|title=Cast selected for 'Wooden Heart Follies' {{!}} News, Sports, Jobs - Weirton Daily Times|website=www.weirtondailytimes.com|language=en|access-date=November 30, 2017}}</ref> The Nutcracker Village attracted over 40,000 visitors in 2017 and is credited with bringing new life to Steubenville's downtown area.<ref name="PPG12618" /><ref name=":0" />