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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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBRA_camp-cleveland_Cleveland-OH.html
Opened in July 1862, the 35 1/2-acre site here in Brooklyn Township's University Heights served as the largest Civil War army camp of rendezvous, organization, and training in northeast Ohio. It was bordered by Hershel (now West 5th) and Universit…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBQC_john-w-heisman-birth-site_Cleveland-OH.html
Here was born (October 3, 1869) the man after whom the Heisman Football Trophy is named. The College Football Hall of Fame enshrines him as superior coach. Important pioneer game innovator. Father of: forward pass; center snap; interference on end…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBQB_john-d-rockefeller-1839-1937-the-standard-oil-company_Cleveland-OH.html
John D. Rockefeller, 1839-1937Born at Richford, New York, John D. Rockefeller moved to the Cleveland area with his family at age 14. He began his business career as a bookkeeper in 1855. From modest beginnings he became one of the richest men of h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBQA_ohio-and-erie-canal_Cleveland-OH.html
At this site was lock 44, the north terminus of the Ohio and Erie Canal from 1829 to 1872. Lock 44 as the outlet of the canal into the Cuyahoga River and the first stop in the transportation system which linked the Great Lakes with the Ohio Riv…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBQ8_alexis-de-tocqueville_Cleveland-OH.html
The 25 year-old French aristocrat and author of Democracy in Americavisited this area during his 1831-1832 tour of America TocquevilleC-SPAN Placed by C-SPAN and the Cable Television Industrywhile retracing the tour in 1997-1998
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBPB_near-this-site-fort-huntington-was-erected_Cleveland-OH.html
Near this siteFort Huntington was erectedby Captain Stanton Sholes' CompanyMay, 1813.On June 19, 1813, a part of the British flee appeared off the fort but was driven away by a storm and no attack made. General William Henry Harrison and staff ins…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBPA_com-oliver-hazard-perry_Cleveland-OH.html
Oliver Hazard Perry was only 27 when named commander of the Lake Erie Fleet. His combination of determination and tactical brilliance won him acclaim at home and the lasting respect of the British. "More than any other battle of the time," wrote h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBP6_the-old-stone-church_Cleveland-OH.html
Religious worship began on this site in 1820 as a Plan of the Union Sunday School with ministers recruited by the Connecticut Home Missionary Society. Its first stone church, officially known as the First Presbyterian Church of Cleveland, was buil…
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