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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBTO_the-history-of-hough-1799-1979_Cleveland-OH.html
Oliver and Eliza Hough settled in the area now known as Hough in 1799. Upon their death in 1866, the land was rendered to the residents of the community has has been heretofore known as the Hough area. Unknowingly to the Hough's that spirit of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBTK_dear-general-we-have-met-the-enemy-and-they-are-ours_Cleveland-OH.html
Dear General, We have met the enemy and they are ours. Two ships, two brigs, one schooner and one sloop. British Naval cannon captured by Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry's fleet during the Battle of Lake Erie at Put In Bay, Ohio, September 10th 1…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBTJ_navy-bicentennial_Cleveland-OH.html
In conjunction with the 200th year of the United States Navy, the Cleveland Navy Commands commemorate the Battle of Lake Erie as the most significant naval event to ensure the northern boundary of the United States on the eastern Great Lakes. It w…
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June 6, 1869June 3, 1951 1911 - Founding member, Cleveland Rotary Club1913 - President, Cleveland Rotary Club1914-15 - Director, International Assn. of Rotary Clubs1916-17 - 6th President, Rotary International A business, civic, and cultural…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBTH_in-memory-of-those-whose-bodies-were-moved-from-ontario-street-cemetry-to-erie-street-cemetery_Cleveland-OH.html
Name - Age - Date of Death - Grave*Trumble - 32 - Oct. 1813 - 1stDeming Brainard - 25 - Aug. 28, 1824 - 2ndUnknown - - - 3rdHorace Pitkin - 20 - Dec. 20, 1822 - 4thStephen Gilbert - 34 - Apr. 19, 1808 - 5thAdolphus Spafford - 16 - Apr. 19, 1808 - …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBS2_the-yellow-house_Cleveland-OH.html
Built 1876By the Lemuel S. Hart familyOriginal site 757 Ansel Avenue donated byThe Banks-Baldwin Law Publishing Co.Oldest legal publisher in America, founded 1804Firm headquarters1943-1995 Moved to current Learning Garden site in 1998To serv…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBRI_old-dunham-tavern-garden_Cleveland-OH.html
Originally designed in 1937 byA. Donald Gray A. Donald Gray (1891-1939) was a prominent landscape architect practicing in Cleveland from 1920 to 1939. He maintained his office at Dunham Tavern in the 1930s and was instrumental in preserving the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBRH_rear-admiral-isaac-c-kidd_Cleveland-OH.html
Isaac Campbell Kidd, Sr. was born in Cleveland in 1884. He entered the United States Naval Academy in 1902 and dedicated his life to the Navy. While an ensign, he sailed around the world with the "Great White Fleet" from 1907 to 1909. During the 1…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBRG_birthplace-of-rock-n-roll_Cleveland-OH.html
When radio station WJW disc jockey Alan Freed (1921-1965) used the term "rock and roll" to describe the uptempo black rhythm and blues records he played beginning in 1951, he named a new genre of popular music that appealed to audiences on both si…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBRF_the-burnham-mall_Cleveland-OH.html
In August 1903, architects Daniel H. Burnham, John M. Carr?re, and Arnold W. Brunner presented Mayor Tom L. Johnson and the City of Cleveland a plan that epitomized the City Beautiful Movement in America. The Group Plan envisioned a grand landscap…
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