Located on the southern shores of Lake Erie, Cleveland was founded in 1796 by General Moses Cleaveland, an agent of the Connecticut Land Company surveying the Western Reserve. The modest frontier settlement became a village in 1815 and an incorporated city in 1836. By 1896, Cleveland boasted the Cuyahoga Building, the Soldiers and Sailors Monument, the Arcade, and the stately mansions of Euclid Avenue. Also known as "Millionaire's Row," it was home to Cleveland's industrial, commercial, cultural, and political elite, including Tom L. Johnson, a streetcar magnate and arguably Cleveland's finest mayor, and John D. Rockefeller, the founder of the Standard Oil Company and the nation's first billionaire. In the history of Ohio, no city has been more populous, prosperous, and influential. Cleveland can credit its growth and strength as a city to its wealth of diversity.
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Thea Gallo Becker is a native Clevelander, local historian, and author of Images of America: Lakewood. The vintage photographs presented here come from Cleveland State University Library's Special Collections.
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This review is from: Cleveland: 1796-1929 (OH) (Images of America) (Paperback)
Thea Gallo Becker, <strong>Cleveland 1796-1929</strong> (Arcadia Publishing, 2004)I read this hot on the heels of Andrew Borowiec's <em>Cleveland: The Flats, the Mill, and the Hills</em>, and while I find Becker to be one of the more solid writers in the Arcadia stable today, I have to say this kind of pales in comparison. In retrospect, I should have expected this; Arcadia books are known for being expository, and Becker's are no different; she traces the history of urban development from Cleveland's earliest days to 1929, the completion of what is now known as Tower City, and it does a fine job of this. Borowiec, on the other hand, succeeds in doing the same with photos taken over a much shorter time period (and, of course, in a more impressionist fashion) by creating a mood that movies through his book. None of this is to say that Becker's book is not valuable, nor that I won't be moving on to her second volume, which covers 1930-2000. More that the two make good companion pieces, and are worth looking at in tandem. *** ½
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This book is full of great photos of Cleveland and tidbits of Cleveland history. Highly recommend for anyone interested in the history of Cleveland. The genealogist will find this a great addition to their collection. Great for putting that family history in context.
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Major Lorenzo Carter was the first permanent settler of Cleveland. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Public Square, Euclid Avenue, Superior Avenue, Terminal Tower, Cuyahoga River, Prospect Avenue, City Hall, Lake Erie, Ontario Avenue, Central Armory, Luna Park, Civil War, Cleveland Electric Railway Company, Cuyahoga County, Federal Building, Hotel Cleveland, Lorain Avenue, Cleveland Press, Detroit-Superior High-Level Bridge, East Cleveland, Lake Eric, Perry Monument, Trinity Church, Alta House, Big Con New!
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Major Lorenzo Carter was the first permanent settler of Cleveland. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
traffic tower, commercial block, passenger depot Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Public Square, Euclid Avenue, Superior Avenue, Terminal Tower, Cuyahoga River, Prospect Avenue, City Hall, Lake Erie, Ontario Avenue, Central Armory, Luna Park, Civil War, Cleveland Electric Railway Company, Cuyahoga County, Federal Building, Hotel Cleveland, Lorain Avenue, Cleveland Press, Detroit-Superior High-Level Bridge, East Cleveland, Lake Eric, Perry Monument, Trinity Church, Alta House, Big Con New!
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- The Civil War by Gina De Angelis on page 91
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- The Stars and Stripes Forever by John Philip Sousa on page 103
- Cleveland: The Making of a City (Black Squirrel Books) by William Ganson Rose in Front Matter
- DK Biography: Abraham Lincoln by Tanya Lee Stone on page 22
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