History of Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Journey back in time to Cleveland, Ohio, USA

• 1796 - July 22 - Cleveland, Ohio, founded by Gen Moses Cleveland
  
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•  1812 - June 1 - Snow whitened the ground in Cleveland OH .
  
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  June 1, 1812
  
  
• 1832 - Cleveland is spelled differently than its founder's name Moses Cleaveland. In 1832, the editor of the Cleaveland Gazette newspaper dropped the first "a" to fit the title on one line. The new spelling caught on.
  
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  Cleveland From Scranton's Hill
  
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  Superior Street, Cleveland, From Presbyterian Church
  
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  Euclid Avenue, Cleveland
  
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  Mouth of Cuyahoga River, Cleveland
  
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• 1854 - Cleveland
  Cleveland, city and port of entry of Ohio, and capital of Cuyahoga county, on the S. shore of Lake Erie, at the mouth of Cuyahoga river, 135 miles by ...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  City of Cleveland from Reservoir Walk
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•  1874 - 3 Votes Not Enough
  An enterprising voter of Cleveland, Ohio, voted three times for a sheriff of Cuyahoga county in the late election. Of course, a candidate so ably vote...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1879 - Cleveland became the world's first city to be lighted electrically in 1879 when Charles Brush successfully demonstrated arc lights on the streets.
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  ...At five minutes before eight o'clock there was a flicker in the lamp nea...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1880 - Children Under 14 Working During School Hours
  Arrests are being made in Cleveland, Ohio, under the school laws prohibiting employers from having children under fourteen years of age in their emplo...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1885 - They are having a cholera scare in Cleveland, Ohio. Two members of the same family died after an illness of twelve hours duration.
  The disease certainly resembled cholera. Three other members of the same family were stricken, with every prospect of a fatal termination in their cas...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1890 - May 31 – The 5-story skylight Arcade opens in Cleveland, Ohio.
  
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  1890s
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•  1893 - DEATH IN A STORM. Loss of Life and Property in a Hurricane.
  FOUR KILLED IN CLEVELAND.
  
  Number of Others Injured, Some of Whom May Die - Many Buildings Destroyed and Crops Damaged -
  
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•  1894 - The May Day Riots (against unemployment) break out in Cleveland, Ohio.
  
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• 1895 - Blizzard - THE STORM STILL HOVERS OVER THE UNITED STATES. IT IS SEVEREST IN THE EAST. TRAFFIC ALMOST ENTIRELY AT A STANDSTILL -- RAILROAD TRAINS BLOCKADED -- BUSINESS PARALYZED -- PEOPLE FROZEN TO DEATH AT SEVERAL PLACES...
  ...Cold In Cleveland.
  Cleveland, Feb. 9. -- The blizzard raged with unabated fury throughout the day, causing more or less delay to railroad traffic ...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1895 - Cleveland
  Cleveland, a port of entry, the second city of Ohio, and the county seat of Cuyahoga co., is delightfully situated on the south shore of Lake Erie, at...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1898 - Struck by a Motor.
  Had it not been for the rude action of a horrid, old, Big Consolidated motor Martin Wing of Rhodes avenue would not have been carried to Charity hospi...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1899 - CALL OUT TROOPS. The Strike Situation in Cleveland is Becoming Quite Serious. POLICE CANNOT CONTROL. Cars Are Stoned and Dynamite Bombs Placed on the Tracks.
  Cleveland, O., July 22 - Orders were issued today for the assembling of four companies of the Fifth regiment, O. N. G., located at Cleveland, to do st...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Euclid Beach, Cleveland, O.
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  Lake Shore Drive, Gordon Park
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  Lakeside Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio
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  Street Scene - Euclid Ave. Shopping District, Cleveland O.
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  Public Square and Union Terminal Tower, Cleveland, Ohio
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  Horticultural Gardens Stadium and Boat Docks, Cleveland, Ohio.
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•  1901 - Bath Tub Famine is the Latest. Plumbers Are Entirely Unable to Supply the Demand. Extensive Building Operations Cause the Scarcity.
  There is a crying need of bath tubs in Cleveland. In fact a bath tub famine has been in progress in this city for some time and also in almost every ...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1901 - TURNED HOSE ON STRIKER. This Was the Revenge Non-Union Men Took Upon a Former Comrade.
  CLEVELAND, Ohio, Aug. 26 - Because Thomas Oldecker, a non-union workman in the Crescent Tin Plate Mill, deserted twenty-five of his non-union comrades...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1901 - Cleveland - The Pleasant City by Charles F. Thwing
  The first thing to be said about Cleveland is what, with the change of a pronoun, a Cambridge poet said about one of whom he wrote: "It is so pleasant...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1902 - A Massachusetts Man's Big Luck - Gate Tender on a Railroad to Get a Large Slice.
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  WORCESTER, Mass., Saturday, June 7. - Family records expected daily from the parish priest at Lanoraie in Quebec are expec...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  New West Side Market
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•  1908 - March 4 – The Collinwood School Fire, near Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A., kills 174.
  
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  March 4, 1908
  
  
•  July 18, 1908: Fireworks banned in Cleveland, Ohio
  
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  City Hall, 1908
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  The Arcade, 1909
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  Lake Side Hospital, 1909
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  Central Viaduct
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  Garfield Memorial
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  North Randall Driving Park
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  Rocky River Camping Grounds
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  Standard Oil Works
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  Wade Park
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  Y.M.C.A. and The Born Steel Range Co.
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• 1912 - Clarence Crane in Cleveland invented Life Savers.
  
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• 1914 - Cleveland boasts America's first traffic light. It began on Aug. 5, 1914.
  
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  Rockefellers Residence
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  Spencerian College
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• 1916
  Cleveland, a port of entry, the largest city of Ohio, and the county-seat of Cuyahoga co., is delightfully situated on the south shore of Lake Erie, a...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Tent City, Euclid Beach, 1916
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•  1920 - The Baseball World Series won by Cleveland Indians
  
  
  
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  Southwest corner of Euclid and East 9th Street
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  Hanna Building and Annex
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•  1921 - October 8 – The first Sweetest Day is staged in Cleveland, Ohio.
  
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•  1923 - Garrett Morgan of Cleveland invented the first three-position traffic light.
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  On this day in 1923, the U.S. Patent Office grants Patent No. 1,475,074 to 46-year-old inventor and newspaperman Garrett Morgan ...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Playhouse Square, 1923
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•  1929 - Is Blamed For Clinic Tragedy at Cleveland
  City Investigating Commission and State Fire Wardens Indicate Disaster Might Have Been Averted if the X-Ray Room Had Been Closed Off
  
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  Board of Education Building and Cleveland Public Auditorium
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  Municipal Stadium
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• 1948 - East 105th Street and Euclid Avenue in Cleveland was the site of the first pedestrian button for the control of a traffic light. The boy chosen for the 1948 newsreel to demonstrate its operation was Louis Spronze.
  
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  Wash Away Fat and Years of Age
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• 1995 - Rock and Roll Hall of Fame opens in Cleveland.
  The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum opened its doors in 1995 on the shores of Lake Erie in downtown Cleveland, Ohio. Its mission is to educate ...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 2003 - Electric faults in Cleveland caused power outages to 50 million
  
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