Cleveland: A Concise History, 1796-1996

Carol Poh Miller, Robert Anthony Wheeler

Indiana University Press, 1997 - History - 213 pages

This highly successful short history of Cleveland has now been revised and brought up to date through 1996, the bicentennial year, including two new chapters, and new illustrations and charts.

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Good, honest, but sadly too politically correct.

Contents

• Moses Cleaveland: 8
• Amos Spaffords map of Cleaveland 1796: 10
• The settlement of Cleaveland 1800: 18
• Dunham Tavern an inn on the road to Buffalo: 19
• The Ohio Erie Canal completed in 1832: 32
• Cleveland in 1832 looking west from Public Square: 35
• Clevelands Union Depot completed in 1866: 53
• Police precinct station late nineteenth century: 62
• James A Garfield: 64
• Clevelands Flats in the 1870s: 71
• The Soldiers Aid Society: 73
• Superior Street about 1880: 74
• Civil War soldiers on Public Square 1865: 80
• John D Rockefellers summer home in East Cleveland: 81
• 6: 82
• Hiram House playground about 1900: 90
• The Hiram House Parade about 1900: 92
• A classroom in Clevelands public schools 1917: 98
• A backyard in Clevelands Big Italy neighborhood 1920s: 104
• Children at the Broadway Branch Library: 105
• DetroitSuperior HighLevel Bridge: 114
• Watching the Indians win the 1920 World Series: 115
• Workers at the Glenn L Martin plant: 117
• 8: 121
• Part Four TOWARD THE POSTINDUSTRIAL CITY: 129
• 9: 165
• Appendixes: 199
• Index: 207
• III: 209

About the author

Carol Poh Miller is a historical consultant in Cleveland. She has written extensively on Cleveland history and architecture, for which she received the Public Education and Awareness Award from the Ohio Historical Society in 1988.

Robert Wheeler is Associate Professor of History and Director of the Center for Teaching Excellence at Cleveland State University. He has written extensively on early Cleveland history.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Cleveland: A Concise History, 1796-1996; Volume 1 of Encyclopedia of Cleveland history
• Authors: Carol Poh Miller, Robert Anthony Wheeler
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: Indiana University Press, 1997
• ISBN: 0253211476, 9780253211477
• Length: 213 pages
• Subjects: History / United States / State & Local / General