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‡ Source:
 History of Western Reserve
by Harriet Taylor Upton
Vol. II
Publ. by The Lewis Publishing Company
1910

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CHAPTER I. - Men and Women Colonizers 1
CHAPTER II. - Connecticut Stretches Westward 7
CHAPTER III. - Pioneers of New Connecticut 17
CHAPTER IV. - Surveyors of the Western Reserve 27
CHAPTER V. - Reserve Settled and Mapped 37
CHAPTER VI. - Organization of Counties 56
CHAPTER VII. - Mail Routes and Post Offices 60
CHAPTER VIII. - Roadways and Waterways 69
CHAPTER IX. - Famous Men of the Reserve 75
CHAPTER X. - Judicial and Legislature 91
CHAPTER XI. - Defense of the Reserve 121
CHAPTER XII. - First Cemeteries of the Reserve 143
CHAPTER XIII. - Religious Organizations 121
CHAPTER XIV. - The Old Western Reserve 138
CHAPTER XV. - Press of the Western Reserve 138
CHAPTER XVI. - First Cemeteries of the Reserve 143
CHAPTER XVII. - Schools of the Reserve 143
CHAPTER XVIII. - Medicine and Surgery 148
CHAPTER XIX. - Trumbull County 150
CHAPTER XX. - Lorain County 223
CHAPTER XXI. - Lake County 265
CHAPTER XXII. - Geauga County 307
CHAPTER XXIII. - Summitt County 334
CHAPTER XXIV. - Medina County 364
CHAPTER XXV. - Erie County 390
CHAPTER XXVI. - Huron County 422
CHAPTER XXVII. - Cuyahoga County 461
CHAPTER XXVIII. - Ashtabula County 528
CHAPTER XXIX. - Mahoning County 585
CHAPTER XXX. - Portage County 634


ILLUSTRATIONS.

TITLE PAGE
Map of the Western Reserve (facing) 1
Development of the Western Reserve (3 maps) 6
Development of Ohio Counties (4 maps) 16
Pioneers' Route from Connecticut 20
General Moses Cleaveland 26
Upper Dam and Water Works, Warren 30
Judge Kingsbury's House (1800) 37
Centennial Log Cabin 44
A Cabin Fire-place 45
Spinning Wheels for Wool and Flax 46
Centralized School & First Brick High School 49
A "Dutch" Oven" 50
Old-Time Household Utensils 53
Simon Perkins' Home and Land Office 61
Map of Western Reserve (1829) 73
Early Ohio Governors from the Reserve 83
Joshua R. Giddings 88
The Perry Monument, Cleveland 102
James A. Garfield 106
William McKinley 108
House of General William B. Hazen 11
Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Rouse 117
Floral Hall, Cleveland Sanitary Fair 118
Rutherford B. Hayes 120
Old Methodist Church, Warren 125
Mormon Temple at Kirtland 130
Old Western Reserve Bank, Warren 133
Main Street, Warren (about 1848) 141
Old Austin House 160
Old James Scott House, Warren 162
Old Graeter House, Warren 164
John Lowrey's Saloon, 1807, Warren 168
Dana Musical Institute, Warrren 171
The Kinsman Homestead, Warren 177
Mary Evans & Luette P. Bentley,
     Lake Erie College		 286
Bentley Hall of Science, Lake Erie College 287
Murray Library, Lake Erie College 289
Fairport Light House, Lake County 292
Union School, Willoughby 295
Birthplace of Joseph Smith, Jr., Kirtland 302
Soldiers' and Sailors' Home, Madison 304
A Geauga County Sugar Camp 309
Geauga County Court House, Chardon 311
Century Inn, Middlefield 316
Geauga Seminary, Chesterland 317
Grammar and High Schools, Chardon 320
Old Hudson Residence, Hudson 336
House Built by John Brown, Hudson 338
Old Western Resersve College, Hudson 342
Cuyahoga Falls Water Power, Summit County 348
Main Street Looking North, Akron 353
Buchtel College Building, Akron 356
Summit County's Old & New Court Houses,
     Akron		 361
Medina County Court House 365
B. & O. Bridge at Lodi 370
Bee Supplies Plant, A. I. Root & Company,
     Medina		 373
Taylor's Inn, Lodi 376
Chippewa Lake, Medina County 378
Erie County Court House 390
First Engine Built in Sandusky, or the West 399
Soldiers' and Sailors' Home, Sandusky 408
Confederate Cemetery, Johnson's Island 410
Great Glacial Grooves, Kelley's Island 413
Almon Ruggles' House, Ruggles Beach 417
Old Canal Basin, Milan 419
Thomas A. Edison at His Birthplace, Milan 420
Huron County Court House 422
Ruggles Map of the Fire Lands, 1818 424
Old Pioneers of Huron County 425
Old Huron County Jail (1819), Norwalk 426
Old and New Episcopal Churches, Norwalk 428
Platt Benedict (aged 75 years) 429
H. C. Gallup 433
Museum of Firelands Historical Society 434
East Main Street (1854), Norwalk 435
First Engine from Norwalk To Huron 436
Bellevue High School 441
Pearl Street, Chicago Junction 444
West Main Street, New London 446
Park and School House, New London 447
Huron River View, Monroeville 448
Old Covered Bridge near Monroeville 450
Map of Cleveland (showing annexations) 462
Seth Pease Map of Cleveland (1796) 466
Seth Pease 467
Franklin House, Cleveland 469
Amos Sanfford Map of Cleveland (1796) 470
First Court House, Cleveland 472
Map of Cleveland in 1814 474
Four Cleveland Pioneers 476
Cleveland in 1833 479
John W. Willey, First Mayor of Cleveland 480
Cleveland Harbor in 1849 (Stookly's Pier) 481
Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, Cleveland 495
Lincoln Lying in State,
     Cleveland Public Square		 500
Garfield Memorial and Hanna Mausoleum,
     Lake View Cemetery		 504
Cleveland in 1833 506
Edwin Cowles 509
Rockefeller's Boyhood and Presidential Homes,
     Cleveland		 521
T. L. Johnson Residence, Cleveland 522
Marcus A. Hanna 524
River Scene at Ashtabula 529
Ashtabula County Court House 532
Old Bridge at Mechanicsville 542
Soldiers' Monument, Ashtabula 558
Port of Ashtabula (1873) 560
W. Frank McClure 561
Ore Docks at Conneaut 563
Andover Band (about 1856) 565
Benjamin F. Wade 571
First Spencerian Writing School, Geneva 578
Ingersoll's Boyhood Home, Ashtabula 579
Mahoning County Court House 585
Trinity M. E. Church, Youngstown 589
Remains of the Old "Yellow Creek Furnace" 593
A Manufacturing Section of Youngstown 599
Lake Cohasset, Mill Creek Park, Youngstown 601
Reuben McMillan Free Public Library,
     Youngstown		 622
West Federal Street, from Public Square,
     Youngstown		 626
The Mygatt Homestead, Canfield 628
Swallow House (Old Hotel), Poland 630
Building where First Court in Portage was Held,
     Ravenna		 640
McClintock Saw Mill, Garrettsville 644
Garrett Home, Garretsville; Campbell House,
     Campbellsport		 646
Almeda A. Booth 656
Hiram College (Original Building) 662
Hiram College and Campus 666
Old Court House and Jail, Ravenna (1865) 670
William R. Day 672
Sheldon Residence, Aurora (opposite) 675
Old School House and Woolen Mill,
     Garrettsville		 683
Mr. and Mrs. E. Garrett 685
Old Feeder Dam, Cuyahoga River, Ravenna 701
Public Square and Chestnut Street, Ravenna 703
Riddle Coach and Hearse Factory, Ravenna 705
J. C. Beatty 707

 

NOTES:
This volume also has a large Index for all names, subjects and places within same.

 


 
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