Cleveland: A Concise History, 1796-1996This 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
8 | 4 |
II | 4 |
12 | 4 |
Page Moses Cleaveland | 4 |
Amos Spaffords map of Cleaveland 1796 | 4 |
Dunham Tavern an inn on the road to Buffalo | 19 |
The Ohio Erie Canal completed in 1832 | 35 |
3 | 36 |
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 | 95 |
Grasselli Chemical Company workers about 1885 | 98 |
A backyard in Clevelands Big Italy neighborhood 1920s | 104 |
Children at the Broadway Branch Library | 105 |
Map of Cleveland 1835 | 42 |
18451860 | 49 |
A triumphal arch on Public Square FrancoPrussian War 52 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 | 75 |
Millionaires Row 1910 | 80 |
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activity American arrived Association Avenue banks became become began beginning buildings built called canal Central churches city's Cleveland Company completed construction continued council County cultural Cuyahoga County decade district downtown early East economic efforts election established Euclid expanded families federal followed formed four groups growing growth Heights helped housing immigrants important improve increased industrial iron Italy John labor lake land late later leaders lines lived major manufacturing mayor million moved municipal neighborhood Ohio opened organizations Park percent period political poor population Press problems produced projects Public Square railroad relief remained Reserve Historical Society residents river Road served showed Side social Street suburbs supported tion town Union United University urban village West Side Western Reserve Historical workers
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 |
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