East Cleveland
East Cleveland

Author: Leah Santosuosso

Publisher: Images of America

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781467110273

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In the late 1800s, East Cleveland took root as a small trading post alongside a wagon trail that led from Buffalo, New York, to Cleveland, Ohio. This wagon trail, then known as the "Lakeshore Trail" forged by American Indians long gone, later became Euclid Avenue--"the showplace of America." In 1911, East Cleveland planted its municipal roots seven miles east of downtown Cleveland. New gas and waterlines, streetcars, and women's municipal suffrage greatly increased economic growth. With help from investor John D. Rockefeller, businesses such as the National Bindery Company, the Nickel Plate Railroad, and General Electric's Nela Park thrived in the city's favorable economic climate. East Cleveland's racial demographics diversified after several wars abroad, and the city later faced "white flight" during the 1950s and 1960s. Although fiscal emergencies shook the city's foundation throughout the 1970s to 1990s, East Cleveland has experienced a recent upsurge of urban renewal. Once home to "Millionaires' Row," it is now the perfect climate for urban farming, sustainable business practices, community education, and innovative civic engagement.

Cleveland on Foot
Cleveland on Foot

Author: Patience Cameron Hoskins

Publisher: Gray Publishers

Published: 1998-03

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781886228153

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Now describes 50 walks and hikes in Greater Cleveland's historic urban neighborhoods, distinctive suburbs, and peaceful nearby parks, and nature reserves. Hike descriptions and maps have been completely updated to current trails and surroundings; five all-new hikes have been added. The hikes range from an easy one-hour walk to a challenging full-day hike. Descriptions offer detailed historical, geological, architectural, and cultural background, along with step-by-step trail directions.

Along Ohio's Historic Route 20
Along Ohio's Historic Route 20

Author: Michael J. Till

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2013-09-09

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 1439643954

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Route 20 was named a federal highway in 1926, and for the first half of the 20th century it was the most important east-west road across northern Ohio. Extending from the Pennsylvania border east of Conneaut to its western terminus with Indiana, it made Ohio the connecting link between Northeastern and Midwestern states. Fortunately, Route 20 has remained virtually intact and can be traveled much as people did in years past. Postcard History Series: Along Ohios Historic Route 20 celebrates such a trip, illustrated by more than 200 vintage postcards depicting views along the way. Town and city scenes, rural vistas, and historic sites that drew early motorists to the highway are featured. Not to be forgotten are the tourist courts, hotels, diners, and gas stations that made automobile journeys possible.

Cleveland Way
Cleveland Way

Author: Gordon Simm

Publisher:

Published: 2012-08

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781898481553

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This popular National Trail runs for 110 miles (177 km) around the North York Moors National Park from Helmsley to Filey. The book gives background on the history, archaeology and wildlife, with detailed route description and 75 photos, all you need for a week's walking holiday.

Historic Hiking Trails
Historic Hiking Trails

Author: Steve Rajtar

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2012-10-03

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 1476602344

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Approximately 900 hiking trails in the United States take hikers along routes or past sites of historical importance and offer commemorative embroidered patches or other souvenirs of the outing. These trails allow hikers to gain a new appreciation for history and actually experience it, instead of only reading about it--and have something to show for their hike. The first comprehensive guide to those trails, this work covers routes in all fifty states and the District of Columbia as well as interstate trails. The book categorizes each as historic, meaning that it played some significant role in history; historical, meaning that it takes the hiker by or into buildings or sites that have some relationship to a significant person or event, but do not themselves figure in history; nature or scenic, because of the wildlife or scenery available along the way that can be viewed along with the historical site; or recreational, meaning that the trail was established for the long-distance hiker and history buff. Each entry also tells who the trail's sponsor is, if alternate means of transportation are allowed, location, length, route, type of terrain, what type of awards are given and any associated costs, registration requirements, and sites along the trail.

The Making of Cleveland's Black Suburb in the City
The Making of Cleveland's Black Suburb in the City

Author: Todd Michney

Publisher:

Published: 2019-11-04

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 9780578561769

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Our story starts just west of the intersection of Lee and Seville Roads, where a Black enclave took shape in the 1920s. By establishing a foothold in Cleveland's far southeastern reaches, African Americans laid the successful groundwork for this vicinity to develop as a Black "suburb in the city." This book, the first-ever published history of these neighborhoods, documents and celebrates a success story, a Cleveland case of Black community-building. The making of Lee-Seville and Lee-Harvard unfolded under remarkable circumstances and against considerable odds, thereby offering an instructive example of the life possibilities that some Black Americans in earlier generations were able to create at the city's outskirts.The Cleveland Restoration Society, a regional historic preservation non-profit, has worked for the past several years collecting community history, interviewing and filming residents of the neighborhood and scouring archives and private collections for historical images that help tell the story of this remarkable place.

Follow the Blue Blazes
Follow the Blue Blazes

Author: Connie Pond

Publisher: Ohio University Press

Published: 2014-11-15

Total Pages: 361

ISBN-13: 0821445049

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Many changes have taken place in the decade since Follow the Blue Blazes was first published, changes in the trails themselves and in the way we hike them. The Buckeye Trail still wends its way around the state of Ohio, following the course marked out by the characteristic blue blazes on trees and signposts along the way. In the intervening years, however, sections of the trail have changed their route, added amenities, or just grown more interesting. From the startling rock formations and graceful waterfalls of Old Man’s Cave, to Native American mounds, battlefields, and scenic rivers, Connie and Robert J. Pond provide a captivating guide to often-overlooked treasures around the state. Each chapter features an overview of a 100-mile section of the trail and three self-guided featured hikes. The overviews and the accompanying maps may be read consecutively to acquaint the reader with the entire course of the trail. But most readers will best enjoy the trail by taking the guide along on one of the featured hikes. Each route is outlined on an easy-to-read map with GPS coordinates and waypoints to guide the hiker, as well as explicit directions from parking lot to trailhead. The Buckeye Trail is readily accessible from Cincinnati, Dayton, Toledo, Cleveland, and Akron. Even a short trip can lead to an adventure near your own backyard.