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Bird's-eye view map of Cleveland in 1877. The city of Cleveland, Ohio, was founded by General Moses Cleaveland of the Connecticut Land Company on July 22, 1796. Its central location on the southern shore of Lake Erie and the mouth of the Cuyahoga River allowed it to become a major center for Great Lakes trade in northern Ohio in the early 19th century.
Cleveland mayor, Michael R. White, worked with the NFL and Commissioner Paul Tagliabue to bring back the Browns beginning in the 1999 season, retaining all team history. [257] In Cleveland's earlier football history, the Cleveland Bulldogs won the NFL Championship in 1924, [258] and the Cleveland Rams won the NFL Championship in 1945 before ...
The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History was the brainchild of Dr. David Van Tassel, a history professor at Case Western Reserve University and the creator of National History Day. Van Tassel was approached by Homer Wadsworth, the director of The Cleveland Foundation, to write a history of Cleveland. Van Tassel decided that the project was best ...
1822 – a free bridge is opened across the Cuyahoga River. ... Cleveland Museum of Natural History established. Population: 796,841. [9] 1921
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This 1905 Swiss Chalet Revival style house was built for Frederick W. Bomonti, a famous Swiss American restaurateur in Cleveland. It is an exemplar of the type of architecture favored by Swiss Americans, a large and influential immigrant group in Cleveland in the late 1800s. 19: Broadway Avenue Historic District: Broadway Avenue Historic District
Public Square is the central plaza of Downtown Cleveland, Ohio.Based on an 18th-century New England model, it was part of the original 1796 town plat overseen by city founder General Moses Cleaveland of the Connecticut Land Company.
Cleveland was established one year later by General Moses Cleaveland near the mouth of the Cuyahoga River. [ 9 ] Cuyahoga County was created on June 7, 1807, and organized on May 1, 1810.