I recently took a guided tour of the Cleveland Public Library’s Main Building in downtown as part of Cleveland History Days. The Cleveland Public Library will be celebrating its 150 anniversary next year. The Main Building was built in 1925 with the newer Louis Stokes wing being built in 1997. One of my favorite spots […]
It was announced over the weekend that the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (the Rock Hall) will be free for Cleveland city residents thanks to a grant from Key Bank for the next ten years. This offer only applies to Cleveland city residents but those in the neighboring suburbs should still receive the current […]
Cleveland History Days run from June 22 to July 1. They celebrate the wonderful and long history of Cleveland. Here are three great ways to celebrate that history (any time). Take a walking tour with Tours of Cleveland. Our Downtown Highlights hits all the great highlights of downtown in one tour. The tour is offered […]
The third and final in this week’s “Father’s of Cleveland” is actually not from Cleveland but is very well know here, actor Darren McGavin, who played Ralphie’s dad in A Christmas Story. The movie A Christmas Story was filmed in part in Cleveland. Today you can visit the Christmas Story House in the Tremont neighborhood […]
The second in our series of “Father’s of Cleveland” is Mayor Tom Johnson. Tom Johnson served as mayor of Cleveland from 1901 – 1909, being re-elected three times. He was known as the “best mayor of the best governed city in the United States”. Prior to being mayor of Cleveland, Tom made his money in […]
This week, in honor of Father’s Day, we begin a series on some notable “Father’s of Cleveland”. First is Moses Cleaveland. Moses is considered to be the founder of Cleveland and no I did not spell his name incorrectly. We’ll talk about that difference in a moment. Moses Cleaveland served in the American Revolutionary War […]
Tours of Cleveland, LLC again participated in Crate & Barrel’s monthly Private Registry Event at their Legacy Village location. The event is typically held on a Sunday morning before the store is open so that the couples-to-be have the store to themselves to build out their wedding registry and ask questions of the staff. They […]
This is our fourth and final post about Erie Street Cemetery. Today we take a look at Chief Thunderwater (Oghema Niagara) who is buried in here. Chief Tunderwater, part of the Algonquin nation, was born in 1865 and died in Cleveland in 1950. He headed up the Supreme Council of Indian Tribes in the US […]
Third in our series on Erie Street Cemetery, we meet Lorenzo and Rebecca Carter. Lorenzo Carter is considered the first permanent white settler in Cleveland. He moved here from Vermont in 1797, a year after Moses Cleaveland surveyed and laid out the city. He was joined by his wife Rebecca and their children and despite […]
As we continue our series on Erie Street Cemetery, we look at Indian Chief, Joc-O-Sot. Joc-O-Sot (Walking Bear) was a Sauk Indian Chief born in 1810 and died, in Cleveland in 1844. He fought in the Blackhawk war and later in the 1830’s moved to Cleveland. He offered his services as a hunting and fishing […]
