Moses Cleaveland We begin a look at some of the Public Square statues, past and present. We will start with the obvious choice, Moses Cleaveland, the founder of the city. Moses of course arrived here on July 22, 1796. Instead of talking about him, I’d like to focus on the statue itself. The statue was […]
Last February during Black History month, we looked Carl Stokes (former Mayor of Cleveland), this year we look at his brother Louis Stokes. Louis Stokes was born in 1925 and grew up in Cleveland in one of the first federally funded housing projects in the country. Louis served his country in the Army in the […]
February is Black History Month and once again we will look at some of Cleveland’s famous African-Americans. Most people know Jackie Robinson as the first African-American to play Major League Baseball (MLB) in the modern era and Frank Robinosn as the first African-American manager of a major league club. But it was Larry Doby who […]
Cora Holden was born in Alexandria, Virginia in 1895 but moved to Cleveland to attend the Cleveland School of Art (now Cleveland Institute of Art) where she earned her graduate degree in 1918. She would also teach at the school throughout her life. Locally she worked with architects Walker and Weeks. They would hire her […]
I have written about the statues of Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton that sit in front of the Cuyahoga County Courthouse but do you know the who the other two statues that sit on the backside of the Courthouse are? They are John Marshall and Rufus Ranney. John Marshall served as the Chief Justice of […]
Joc-O-Sot (Walking Bear) was a Sauk Indian Chief born in 1810 and died, in Cleveland in 1844. In the 1830’s he moved to Cleveland where he offered his services as a hunting and fishing guide to the residents of Cleveland. He served as an Indian Ambassador to President Tyler and traveled the country and to […]
Inside Cleveland Public Library‘s downtown Main Building on the third floor is the John G .White Special Collections Department. It is one of the stops on our Cleveland From the Inside walking tour! It is full of rare books, chess sets from around the world, a collection of miniature books and even a brick from […]
On August 25, 1939 “The Wizard of Oz” was released by MGM. Eighty years later it is still considered one of the most seen films in the world. The picture starred Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, Jack Haley and of course Cleveland’s own Margaret Hamilton as the Wicked Witch of the West. In 2003, […]
Today we wrap up our series on Lake View Cemetery with a look at the James A. Garfield Memorial. Garfield was the 20th President of the Untied States. He was born in Cuyahoga County, Ohio in 1831. He represented Ohio in the House for nine terms. His term as President was only four months long, […]
We having been looking at Lake View Cemetery over the past couple weeks. Today we look at a collection of some of the famous Clevelanders buried at the cemetery. John D. Rockefeller – Rockefeller was of course the founder of Standard Oil, the largest corporation on the planet and the richest man on the planet […]
