Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Rockport was platted in 1836. [2] The post office at Rockport was called Cranberry. [3] This post office was established in 1849, and remained in operation until 1901. [4] Rockport is infamously known for its unique cuisine flavor of Peafowl, specifically Peacock.
Independence Township's earliest history was destroyed by a fire. In its early years, the township was primarily agricultural, but by 1850, it possessed nationally recognized quarries . The city of Independence incorporated much of Independence Township as a village in 1914, [ 13 ] and the rest of the township was incorporated as the village of ...
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Allen County, Ohio, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map.
West Park is a historical area on the West Side of Cleveland, Ohio. Once an independent municipality, it was annexed by Cleveland after a referendum in 1923. [ 1 ] The area covers 12.5 square miles and is bounded by West 117th Street to the east, the Rocky River Valley to the west, Brookpark Road to the South, and the streetcar suburb of ...
Rockport (MBTA station), a railroad station in the town; Rockport, Mississippi; Rock Port, Missouri; Rockport, Ohio; Rockport Township, a defunct township of Cuyahoga County, Ohio; Rockport, Texas; Rockport, Washington; Rockport Colony, South Dakota; Rockport Lake, a reservoir behind Wanship Dam in Utah Rockport, Utah, a ghost town now under ...
Besides his professional attainments, Dr. Kirtland was interested in all departments of natural history. He was an efficient assistant in the first geological survey of Ohio, and was untiring in his efforts to improve the horticulture and agriculture of his adopted state. He died at his residence in East Rockport, December 10, 1877, aged 84 ...
January 3 – At the annual stockholder's meeting, the charter for the Cleveland Short Line Railway is amended to specify Collinwood, Ohio and Rockport, Ohio as the terminals of the railroad. January 17 – Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway fully acquires its subsidiary Southern California Railway. [1] [2]
The 1850 Ohio gubernatorial election was held on 8 October 1850, in order to elect the Governor of Ohio. Democratic nominee and former Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court Reuben Wood defeated Whig nominee and former member of the Ohio House of Representatives William Johnston and Free Soil nominee Edward Smith.