Bucyrus Wedding

Bucyrus is a city in Crawford County, Ohio, United States. The population was 13,224 at the 2000 census. Bucyrus is the county seat of Crawford County, OhioGR6; the city is also the largest in Crawford County, and the center of the Bucyrus Micropolitan Statistical Area (as defined by the United States Census Bureau in 2003). According to James Croneis, former Editor of the Bucyrus Telegraph-Forum, the name "Bucyrus" was derived from Beautiful and Cyrus the Great", King of Persia by Col. James Kilbourne, who platted the community, making it the first community in the United States to use the name.

Bucyrus is home to the Bucyrus Bratwurst Festival, which attracts 100,000 attendees during the third weekend annually in August. Industries located in Bucyrus include tapered roller bearings, rubber hoses, fluorescent lighting and high-performance fiberglass power boats. Bucyrus is also the home of D. Picking and Company[1], a family operated manufacturer of copper kettles and timpani drums, employing the same techniques since its establishment in the 1874 by its founder Daniel Picking.

The Lincoln Highway, later US Route 30, was routed through the city in 1913; in 2005 a modern limited access highway replaced the original route, bypassing the city to the north.