| #441735 in Books | Arcadia Publishing | 2004-07-04 | 2004-06-29 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.25 x.31 x6.50l,.75 | File type: PDF | 128 pages | ||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| Five Stars|By janet kimble|Love the old history of my home town.|0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Good series|By TV and movie fan|My husband loves this series of books and found this one to have lots of interesting photos and facts. He owns several of these Images of America books.|1 of 1 people found the fo|About the Author|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.
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 industr...
You easily download any file type for your device.Cleveland: 1796-1929 (OH) (Images of America) | Thea Gallo Becker. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.
