Founding of Cleveland
In 1796, Cleveland was identified and noted by John Heckewelder . Explorers felt Cleveland was a great location due to the waterways it laid on. It is on the Cuyahoga River, Lake Erie and the Ohio River.Source Code
The state of Connecticut had the rights to the “Western Reserve” and that is the area where Cleveland resided. In Connecticut the government sold land contracts to the Western Reserve to an investment company called the Connecticut Land Company. Moses Cleaveland had to meet with the Indians to confirm the company’s title to the Western Reserve. They did so without incident.
This location was selected at the time based on its availability to communicate through the use of transportation back East. It’s success was based on the commercial center it could provide. Cleveland did not necessarily have the support of its founders.
The city would need the support of the owners who purchased land in the area. At first glance, explorers and traders liked this area for the proximity it gave them to the Indians. They traded with them and lived outside of Cleveland. At this time the water they lived by was causing many of them to get sick. There were no sanitation or water department at the time.
Work Cited
Miller, Carol Poh, date
Cleveland: a concise history, 1796-1996/ by Carol Poh Miller and Robert Wheeler. –2nd ed.
p. cm. –(The Encyclopedia of Cleveland history ; 1)
ISBN 978-0-253-33336-0 (cloth : alk. paper). --
ISBN 978-0-253-21147-7 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1. Cleveland (Ohio)—History. I. Wheeler, Robert Anthony, date.
II. Title III. Series
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Have the Browns won a game since the founding of Cleveland?
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