Moses Cleaveland
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Moses Cleaveland was an American lawyer, politician, soldier, and surveyor from Connecticut who founded the city of Cleveland, Ohio, while surveying the Connecticut Western Reserve in 1796. During the
Gen. Moses Cleaveland statue sculpted by James G. C. Hamilton located on Public Square in downtown Cleveland.
1936 commemorative Cleveland Centennial half dollar issued at the Great Lakes Exposition
Cuyahoga River
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The Cuyahoga River is a river located in Northeast Ohio that feeds into Lake Erie.
Moses Cleaveland
…beads and whiskey and allowed the surveys to proceed. General Cleaveland coasted along the shore with a surveying party and landed at the mouth of the Cuyahoga River on July 22, 1796. He ascended the bank and determined that the spot was a favorable site for a city, with the river on the west and Lake Erie on the…
The Cuyahoga River in Cleveland
Cuyahoga River in Cuyahoga Valley National Park
A city pump station discharges sewage into Cuyahoga River in 1973.
A view of the river from the Ohio and Erie Canal Tow-Path Trail