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Welcome to
Portage
County, Ohio
History & Genealogy

Source:
History of Western Reserve

by Harriet Taylor Upton
Vol. II
Publ. by The Lewis Publishing Company
1910

TABLE OF CONTENTS
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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 36
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 Legislative 91
CHAPTER XI. - Defense of the Reserve 97
CHAPTER XII. - Men and Women of the Civil War 107
CHAPTER XIII. - Religious Organizations 121
CHAPTER XIV. - The Old Western Reserve Bank 135
CHAPTER XV. - Press of the Western Reserve 138
CHAPTER XVI. - First Cemeteries of the Reserve 143
CHAPTER XVII. - Schools of the Reserve 145
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. - Summit 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

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TITLE PAGE
Map of the Western Reserve (facing 1
Development of the Western Reserve (three maps) 6
Development of Ohio Counties (four maps) 16
Pioneers' Route from Connecticut 20
General Moses Cleveland 26
Upper Dam and Water Works, Warren 30
Centennial Log Cabin 44
A Cabin Fire-place 45
Spinning Wheels for Wool and Flax 46
Centralized School and 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 (1849) 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 111
Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Rouse 117
Floral Hall, Cleveland Sanitary Fair 118
Ruther 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, Warren 171
The Kinsman Homestead, Warren 177
Iddings' Map of Warren, 1816 179
Kinsman Church, Warren 183
Old and Present Court Houses of Trumbull County 187
Old Engine House (site of City Park), Warren 199
McKinley's Birthplace, Niles 211
Seven Churches of Niles 213
Chalker High School, Southington 217
Lorain County Court House, Ellylria 222
Soldiers' Monument, Elyria 230
Historic Elm, Oberlin 232
First Congregational Church, Oberlin 233
Finney, Memorial Chapel, Oberlin College 236
Peters Hall, Oberlin College 238
Talcott Hall, Oberlin College 240
Warner Hall, Oberlin College 241
Oberlin College Campus and Vicinity, 1858 243
American Ship Building Company's Docks, Lorain 248
South Lorain Steel Works 250
St. Mary's Church, Lorain 255
"Gray Canyon" Quarry, Amherst 258
Lake County's Court House, Painesville 264
Charter Oak Park and Paine Statue, Painesville 271
Samuel Huntington House, Fairport 273
Old and New Bridges, Painesville 275
Painesville City Infirmary 277
Rider's Tavern, Painesville 279
Painesville High School 280
Public Square, Painesville 281
Main Buildings, Lake Erie College, Painesville 283
Mary Evans and 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
Old Western Reserve College, Hudson 342
Cuyahoga Falls Water Power, Summit County 348
Main Street Looking North, Akron 353
Buchtel College Buildings, Akron 356
Summit County's Old and New Court Houses, Akron 361
Medina County Court House 365
B. & O. Bridge at Lodi 370
Bee Supplies Plant, A. I. Root and Company, Medina 373
Taylor's Inn, Lodi 376
TITLE PAGE
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 Firelands, 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, Norwalk 434
East Main Street, Norwak, in 1854 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 annexation) 462
Seth Pease Map of Cleveland (1796) 466
Seth Pease 467
Franklin House, Cleveland 469
Amos Spafford Map of Cleveland (1796) 470
First Court House, Cleveland 472
Map of Cleveland in 1814 474
Four Cleveland Pioneers
 - James Kingsbury
 - "Uncle" Abram Hickox
 - Lorenzo Carter
 - Mrs. Lorenzo Carter
476
Cleveland in 1833, from the Courthouse looking West 479
John W. Willey, First Mayor of Cleveland 480
Cleveland Harbor in 1849 481
Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, Cleveland 495
Lincoln Lying in State, Cleveland Public Square 500
Garfield Memorial and Hanna Mausoleum, Lake View Cem. 504
Cleveland in 1833 506
Edwin Cowles 509
Rockefeller's Boyhood and Present Homes, Cleveland 520
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  (facing) 573
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, Garrettsville; 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

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