Cleveland History

  • Period: 21,980 BCE to 11,980 BCE

    The Glaciers

  • Period: 800 BCE to 100

    Adena culture

  • Period: 100 BCE to 500

    Hopewell culture

  • Period: 1000 to

    Fort Ancient Culture

  • Marietta 1st permanent settlement

    Marietta 1st permanent settlement
  • Moses Cleaveland arrives

  • Cleveland becomes the 17th state, Chillicothe is the capital

  • Columbus becomes the state capital

  • 1st Abolitionist newspaper "The Philanthropist" is published

  • dugout the mouth of the river

  • completed the Ohio and Erie canals

  • The Wyandottes, are the last American Indian tribe in Ohio and they leave

  • Ohio`s 1st state fair

  • John Rockefeller est.1st business on the river

  • 1st major fire on the river

  • steel, Ohio`s first industry

  • the end of the rapid industrial growth

  • 100 million dollars are used to help clean up the river

  • 30 min fire on the river

  • Clean Water Act passes

  • Cuy Valley National Park est

  • project Clean Lake

  • fire on the river because of a oil spill