| CHAPTER I. - Akron's
Beginning |
32 - 48 |
| |
- Ancient Middlebury
- A Visit from DeWitt Clinton
- Commencement and Completion of the Ohio Canal
- First Boat to
Cleveland
- Dr. Crosby and his "Ditch"
- "Thunder from
a Cloudless Sky"
- The Doctor's "Goose Pasture" Prophecy
-
The New Village of "Cascade"
- Bitter Triangular Rivalry
- Spirited Guide Board War
- Early Manufactures Pioneer Hotels, Merchants, Etc., Etc |
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| CHAPTER II. -
Akron
Incorporated |
49 - 56 |
| |
- First Charter Election
- Early Mayors
- The
First a Venerable but Wealthy
- Quaker, the Second an Impecunious Lawyer "Kid"
- Unsuccessful Speculations
- Curious Law Practice
- A Moving Defense
- Successful Administration
- Subsequent Mayors, Etc. |
|
| CHAPTER III. -
Early Crookedness |
57 - 63 |
| |
- Confidence Games, "Keg Money," Etc.
- Unsavory Reputation
- The "Gore-y "Battle Ground
- Bitter Post Office Controversy
- Scandalous Church Squabbles
- Decadence of
Middlebury and the South End
- "Cascade" in the Ascendency
- Succumbing to the Inevitable, Etc. |
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| CHAPTER IV. -
The Boom and
the Callapse |
64 - 70 |
| |
- Poetry versus Fact
- Speculation
Rampant
- Wonderful Enhancement of Values and still more Wonderful
Decline
- The Morus Multicaulus Craze
- Immense
Fortune that Didn't Materialize
- The Panic of 1837
- Hard
Times as was Hard Times
- The Shinplaster Era
- Decidedly a Mixed Currency
- The "Truck and Dicker" System, Etc. |
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| CHAPTER V. -
The
"Cross-Cut" Canal |
71 - 79 |
| |
- Charter Granted in 1827
- Preliminary
Survey- Eight Years' Slumber Rival of Project of 1835
- Ohio a
Large Stockholder
- Delayed by Panic of 1837
- Push and
Pluck of its Projectors
- Successful Completion
- Celebrating all Along the Line
- Prosperity, Decline, Etc. |
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| CHAPTER VI. -
The Portage
Canal and Manufacturing Company or "Chuckery" Enterprise |
80 - 90 |
| |
- A Mammouth Scheme
- Superior Sagacity and Engineering Skill of
Akron's Great Benefactor, Doctor Eliakim Crosby
- Rise, Progress and Collapse
- Portrait and Life History of its Projector, Etc.
- An Instructive Chapter........................ |
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| CHAPTER VII. - Summit
County - Six Years' Struggle Over its Erection - Rejoicing
Over the Result - Preliminary |
91 - 108 |
| |
Election and Organization - The County Seat
Question- Akron, Cuyahoga Falls and the "Chuckery"
Competitors - Akron Finally Wins the Prize - Public
Buildings Erected - First Speech in the New
Court House Made by ex-President John Quincy Adams -
Improvements,
Etc.................................................. |
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| CHAPTER VIII. - Educational
Matters - Pioneer Schools - "Model" Examination - Early
Select Schools, High Schools, |
109-167 |
| |
Etc. - The Union School System - A Distinctly
Akron Institution but now Universal - A magnificent
Educational Showing - Present Status of Akron's Splendid
Public Schools, Views of Buildings,
Portraits of Superintendents, Etc. - Buchtel College and its
Promoters, Presidents, Officers, Etc.
......................... |
|
| CHAPTER IX. - Akron's
Literary Achievements - "Lyceum and Library Association" -
"Akron Lexion Society" 1836-40 |
168 - 187 |
| |
"Akron Literary Association" - "Akron Lecture
Association" - "Akron Library Association" - Akron
Mechanics' Library, Akron Public Library - Young Men's
Christian Association Reading Room -
Lectures,
Etc.................................................................................................................................................... |
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| CHAPTER X. - Akron's
Churches |
188 - 214 |
| |
- Pioneer Religious Organizations
- Successes and
Reverses - The Various Sects Very Largely Represented - Views of Several
Early Church Structures and a Number of Modern
Houses of Worship - Portraits of Several Representative
Ministers With Brief Biographies -
Church and Sabbath School Statistics,
Etc......................................................................................................... |
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| CHAPTER XI. -
Akron Truly a
Literary Center |
215 - 231 |
| |
- Ancient Middlebury the Pioneer with the
"Portage Journal" in 1825
- The "Akron Post" of 1836
- The "American
Balance" of 1836
- The "Akron Buzzard" of 1837 - The
"Akron Journal" of 1836, '37
- The "Summit Beacon" of 1839,
and the Various Literary and News-paper Ventures to the
Present Day. An Interesting
Chapter................................................................................ |
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| CHAPTER XII. - Akron Burial
Places - The Old Sixth Ward Cemetery of 1808 - The Spicer
Cemetery 1813 to 1870 - |
232 - 259 |
| |
The Original North Akron or "Dublin" Burying
Ground of 1825 - The Akron Rural Cemetery 1838 to
Present Time - The New Sixth Ward Cemetery - The Several
Church Cemeteries of the City -
Superintendent's Lodge and Memorial Chapel and Other Fine
Views in Akron Rural Cemetery,
Officers of Association and Superintendents - Something
About Public Parks, Etc.
........................................... |
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| CHAPTER XIII - Akron and
Portage Township Civil Service - Town, Village, City and
Township Local and |
260 - 309 |
| |
General Public Officers for Over Half a
Century - A Highly Honorable Record Without a Single Case
of Malfeasance Known Among the Hundreds of Official
Incumbents - Portraits, Biographies
............................. |
|
| CHAPTER XIV. - Public
Illumination - The Original "Tallow Dip" Followed by Sperm
Oil, Lard Oil, Coal Gas, |
310 - 314 |
| |
Petroleum and Electricity - Local
Transportation, Herdics, Horse Cars, Electric Cars, Etc. -
Fuel
Gas, and Other Modern Improvements - Akron Fully Abreast
With the
Times.................................................... |
|
| CHAPTER XV. - Akron's
Postal History - Ancient Middlebury's Early and Successive
Postmasters to Present |
315 - 329 |
| |
Time - First Postmaster of Akron Proper -
Youthful Mail Carrier - Successive Postmasters of
Akron for Sixty Years, With Portraits of Several - Scramble
for the "Spoils" Under Successive
Administrations - Wonderful Growth of Postal Business - Free
Delivery System,
Etc........................................... |
|
| CHAPTER XVI. - Akron's
Fires - Hundreds of Houses, Churches, Stores, Shops, Mills,
Etc., Destroyed - |
330 - 349 |
| |
Millions of Dollars' Worth of Property
Consumed - Incendiarism Rampant - The Bucket Brigade -
The Old Crank and Brake Engines - The Tireless Steamer -
List of Akron's Principal Fires for
Over Half a Century - A Chapter Full of Instructive
Information
.......................................................................... |
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| CHAPTER XVII. - Akron,
Middlebury and Portage Township Military History, Ancient
and Modern |
350 - 446 |
| |
- Early Army and Civil Military Operations -
Brilliant Record in the War of the Rebellion - Later
Local Military Affairs - A Magnificent
Showing.................................................................................................... |
|
| CHAPTER XVIII. - Ancient
and Modern Akron Contrasted - Early Business and Industrial
Status - |
447 - 557 |
| |
What Horace Greeley Said of Us in 1843 -
Greeley a True Prophet - The Boom that Came to Stay -
From Village to City - An Industrial, Commercial, Financial
and Professional History Justly
to be Proud
of..................................................................................................................................................... |
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| CHAPTER XIX. - Summit
County's Tornadoes |
558 - 568 |
| |
- The Stow Disaster of October 20, 1837
-
Dwelling House Demolished and Four Persons Instantly Killed
-
The Sharon, Copley and Springfield Blow of
April 8, 1890, Leaving Death and Desolation in its Track
-
Akron's Fearful Visitation of May 10, 1890, with Ten Graphic
Illustrations
- Barberton's Fatal Call, December 23, 1890, Etc. |
|
| CHAPTER XX. - Akron's
First, Last and Only Homicide |
569 - 576 |
| |
- The Sixth Ward Wife-Murder
-
Terrible Brutality of a Whisky-Selling, Whisky-Drinking Friend
-
"Watt" Henry's Fatal Assault upon His Wife, Bridget
Henry
- Exciting Trial, Conviction, Life Imprisonment, Etc. |
|
| CHAPTER XXI. - The
"Irrepressible Conflict" |
577 - 583 |
| |
- The Infamous Fugitive Slave Law
-
Every Man, Woman and Child a Bloodhound
- Dastardly Attempt to
Kidnap a Well-Known Akron Barber, "Jim" Worthington
-
Prominent Citizens to the Rescue
- The Slave-Catchers Foiled
- Escape of "Jim" and Other Local
Fugitives to Canada
- An Intensely Interesting Chapter
......................................................................................... |
|
| CHAPTER XXII. - Our Own
John Brown - "Old Ossawatomie" - Freedom's Hero and Martyr -
Full Personal |
584 - 592 |
| |
History with Life-Like Portrait - Business
Successes and Reverses - Free State Operations in Kansas -
Fatal Harper's Ferry Expedition - Capture, Trial, Conviction
and Execution for Treason and
Insurrection - Thrilling Historical Episode
............................................................................................................. |
|
| CHAPTER XXIII. - The
Canadian Patriot War of 1837 - 1839 - "Hunter's" Lodges -
General Lucius V. Bierce |
593 - 603 |
| |
one of the "Leading Spirits" - Defeat,
Execution and Banishment of Insurgents in the East -
The United States Interferes - Commander-in-Chief Bierce
Captures Windsor, Burns Barracks, etc. -
Defeat and Flight for Life - An Exciting International
Episode
................................................................................ |
|
| CHAPTER XXIV. - Second
Adventism - The End of the World Predicted in 1843 - Great
Excitement in Akron |
604 - 613 |
| |
and Summit County - Miscalculation in Dates -
The Final Catastrophe Postponed One Year -
Still the Day of Doom will not Come - Attempts to Work
Miracles - Feet-Washing and the Holy
Kiss - Spiritual Marriages, Etc. - Wonderful Power of
Humbug............................................................................ |
|
| CHAPTER XXV. - The Geology
of Summit County, by Professor Matthew Canfield Read, with
Portrait and Biography of Author |
614 - 620 |
| |
- Canyon Formation
-
Nature's Great Ice Plow, the Glacier
- Structural Geology
- Coal, Oil and Gas Measures, Etc.
- An Extremely Useful and Instructive Chapter
................................ |
|
| CHAPTER XXVI - Summit
County's Railroads - Early Railway History - Schemes that
never Materialized - |
621 - 639 |
| |
Successes and Reverses - Projects that Came to
Stay - Present and Constantly Increasing
Systems - The Chief Factor in Akron's Unexampled Prosperity
- Chapter Full of Interest to All
............................ |
|
| CHAPTER XXVII. - The
Township of Bath - Early Settlement, with Portraits of First
of Subsequent Early |
640 - 653 |
| |
Settlers - Pioneer Incidents and Perils -
Civil Criminal, Military and Business Status, Past and
Present - Educational and Religious Matters, Etc.
................................................................................................. |
|
| CHAPTER XXVIII - The
Township of Boston - Early Settlement, Organization, Name,
Etc.- Indian and Other |
654 - 669 |
| |
Pioneer Incidents - Ancient and Modern
Military Prowess - A Splendid Record in the War of the
Rebellion - Criminal Catalogue - Civil Business, Educational
and Religious Status - Portraits of
Prominent Citizens, Soldiers' Monument, Etc.
....................................................................................................... |
|
| CHAPTER XXIX - Daring
Burglaries in Peninsula |
670 - 677 |
| |
- Singular Detection of Burglar
-
Arrest, Indictment and Ingenious Escape from Jail
- Giving "Aid and
Comfort" to Rebels
- Confinement in Fort
Lafayette
- Return to his Old Quarters in Jail
- Conviction
and Nine Years' Imprisonment
- Thoroughly Reformed, Etc. |
|
| CHAPTER XXX. - The
Peninsula Wife Murder |
678 - 683 |
| |
- Henry Kerst from Ambush Shoots his
Wife upon the Public Highway
- Terrible Excitement Among the People
- Arrest, Trial, Conviction and Sentence
- His Own Executioner by Suicide
- A Ghastly Spectacle |
|
| CHAPTER XXXI. -
Boston's Last Great Sensation |
684 - 694 |
| |
- The Washburn
- Peoples Homicide
- A Wronged Husband's Terrible Revenge
- Preparations for
the Bloody Deed
- Arrest, Trial and Conviction of Murder in the Second Degree
- Imprisonment for Life
- Still Doing Penance after Twenty Years |
|
| CHAPTER XXXII. -
Copley Township |
695 - 705 |
| |
- Why so Named
- Topography
- The Big Swamp
- A Gamy Locality
- Early Settlement, Organization, Etc.
- Pioneer
and Later Thrilling Incidents
- Growth, Population and Business, Educational, Religious, Civil and
Military Status
- The Bosworth Insane Homicide, Etc. |
|
| CHAPTER XXXIII. -
"The
State of Coventry" |
706 - 724 |
| |
- Origin of Name
- The Indian's Paradise
- Settlement
- Organization, Growth and Wonderful Prosperity
- Mineral and Manufacturing Resources
- The
Reservoirs, When and Why Constructed
- Early and Later
Criminal Matters
- Civil and Military Status
- A Chapter Well Worth Perusal
................................................................................................................ |
|
| CHAPTER XXXIV. -
Cuyahoga Falls, a Full History of its Beginning, Progress,
Prosperity, Reverses Etc. |
725 - 769 |
| |
- Its Past and Present Business, Prosperity,
Reverses, Etc.
- Its Past and Present Business, Educational,
Religious, Criminal, Civil and Military Status, with
Portraits and Biographies of Several Prominent
Citizens, a Number of Romantic Views, Etc. |
|
| CHAPTER XXXV. - The Parks-Beatson
Homicide |
770 - 783 |
| |
- One of the Most Cold Blooded Murders on Record
- Exciting Chase after the Murderer
- Capture,
Trial, Conviction
- New Trial Granted
- Again Convicted, Executed, Etc.
- Full History of the Case |
|
| CHAPTER XXXVI. -
Franklin Township |
784 - 795 |
| |
- Early Resources, Settlement, Business Centers,
Civil, Criminal, Moral and Military Status
- Portraits, Biographies, Etc. |
|
| CHAPTER XXXVII. - Green
Township |
796 - 810 |
| |
- When and by Whom settled
- Organization
-
Mercantile, Educational, Military, Business and Criminal
Matters
- Personal Biography, Etc. |
|
| CHAPTER XXXVIII. - Hudson
Township and Village |
811 - 853 |
| |
- The Pioneer Township of Summit
County, Founded in 1799
- Perils by Water and by Land
- Early Privations
- The Grand Old Western
Reserve College
- Other Educational Institutions
-
Religious, Industrial and Military History
-
The Malony-Stepleton Homicide, Etc. |
|
| CHAPTER XXXIX. -
Northampton |
854 - 875 |
| |
- Indian and Frontier Matters
- Settlement,
Organization, Early and Modern Military Operations, Civil and Criminal Status
- The Dunn-Whipple Homicide, Trial and Life Imprisonment of the Murderer
- The Brooks
- Tedrow Tragedy, Etc. |
|
| CHAPTER XL. -
The Counterfeiters of the Cuyahoga |
876 - 897 |
| |
- "Dan" and "Jim" Brown
-
Stupendous Financial Schemes
- Successes and Reverses
- Brilliant Operations of "Dan" the Second
- Wonderful Romance of Crime |
|
| CHAPTER XLI. - Northfield |
808 - 907 |
| |
-
Early Settlement, Organization and Progress
- The Viers
-
Charlesworth Episode of 1826
- Wrongfully Accused of Crime
- The Mystery
Pluckily Cleared Up
- A Genuine Romance in Real Life
- Township Patriotism and Military Roll of Honor
- Honorable Civil Service Record, Public, Spirit, Etc. |
|
| CHAPTER XLII - Northfield's
Second Great Sensation, The Murder of Catharine McKisson by
her Brother-in-Law, McKisson July 24, 1837 |
918 - 935 |
| |
- Pursuit, Trial,
Conviction and Execution
- A Highly Thrilling Narrative |
|
| CHAPTER XLIII. -
Norton |
918 - 935 |
| |
- Origin, Pioneer Experiences
- Organization
- Early "Queer" ness
- Business Emporiums
- Mad Pranks of Lunatic
Merchant
- Killing of Burglar by New Portage
P. M.
- The McLister
- Welsh Homicide
- Civil and Military
Status
- Portraits, Biographies, Etc. |
|
| CHAPTER XLIV. -
The New Industrial City of Barberton |
936 - 940 |
| |
- Wonderful Growth and Prosperity
- Showing What Courage and Cash can Accomplish
- Finely Illustrated |
|
| CHAPTER XLV. - The Township of
Richfield |
941 - 955 |
| |
- Pioneer Inhabitants and
Incidents
- Successes and Reverses
- Educational, Religious, Civil, Military and Criminal Status
- The Big Sleigh Ride of 1856
- The Great Reunion of 1880
- Present Business Status, Population, Etc. |
|
| CHAPTER XLVI. - The Hunter
Gargett Tragedy |
941 - 955 |
| |
- Love-Making by Proxy
- Marriage Contract "Unsight Unseen"
- Lover Jilted by Sweetheart
- Fatal Revenge
- Father and Mother of Girl Shot to Death
- Narrow Escape of Young Lady Herself
- arrest, Trial and Execution of Murderer
- Spicy Correspondence, Etc. |
|
| CHAPTER XLVII. - Springfield
Township |
979 - 1002 |
| |
- Early Settlement, Organization
- Progress
- Industrial, Educational, Religious, Patriotic, Etc.
- The Murder of John Rhodenbaugh and Punishment of Murderers
- The Roof-Musson Home |
|
| CHAPTER XLVIII. - Stow Township |
1003 - 1027 |
| |
- Historical and Incidental
- "Pioneer Miracle"
- Wild Animals, Rattlesnakes, Indians, Etc.
- Early Fatal Tornado
- Double Fatal Episode of the Rebellion
- Educational, Moral, Civil and Military Status
- Portrait of Judge Joshua Stow and Other Prominent Citizens, Etc. |
|
| CHAPTER XLIX. - Monroe Falls |
1003 - 1027 |
| |
- One of the Early Booming Cities of
Summit County
- Rise, Progress and Decline
- Protege Dude of Cmopany Twice Convicted of an Infamous Crime
- Escape From Jail; Secreted in Attorney's Cistern Six Weeks
- Five Years in Sunny Italy
- Return to America With Lola Montez
- Death, Etc. |
|
| CHAPTER L. - Tallmadge Township
- |
1036 - 1059 |
| |
- A Unique Arrangement of Roads, Lots,
Etc.
- A Projected "Utopia"
- Hopes of Founder Blasted but Settlement Rapid and Township Prospoerous
- Industrial, Religious, Educational and Military Status
- Biographical, Etc. |
|
| CHAPTER LI. - Twinsburg, the
Latest Settled Township in Summit County |
1060 - 1079 |
| |
- First Settler a Seventeen-Year Old Boy
- Derivation of Name
- Rapid Progress
- Pioneer Incidents
- Wonderful School History
- Church, Official and Military Matters
- Past and Present Business Status, Etc. |
|
| CHAPTER LII. - Summit County's
Agricultural Society |
1080 - 1086 |
| |
- Origin, Early Fairs, Changes of
Location, Hindrances, Successes, Etc.
- Popular "Fountain Park"
- Most Prosperous Local Fair in Ohio |
|
| CHAPTER LIII. - Summit County's
Benevolence |
1087 - 1098 |
| |
- Early "Poor Houses"
- Purchase of County Farm
- Original Infirmary Buildings
- New and Enlarged Structures
- Greatly Improved Methods
- The De Roo Hospital Bequest
- Akron Charity Association
- Mary Day Nursery, Etc. |
|
| CHAPTER LIV. - Labor Fifty
Years Ago |
1099 - 1105 |
| |
- History Repeating Itself
- Early Dissatisfaction, Strikes, Riots, Etc., as Now
- Clamoring for a Ten Hour Day and Cash Payments
- Combinations, Dissensions, Defeats, Successes, Etc.
- An Interesting and Instructive Chapter |
|
| CHAPTER LV. - Akron and Summit
County in California |
1106 - 1140 |
| |
- The Great Exodus of 1849, '50
- Dangers and Hardships of the Journey Thither
- Incidents of Travel, Both Thrilling, Ludicrous and Sad - Successes,
Disappointments and Deaths
- A Chapter Full of Reminiscent Interest for All. |
|
| CHAPTER LVI. - Early Crimes and
Others Icidents Within the Present Limits of Summit County
|
1141-1147 |
| |
- Captain Samuel Brady's
Reputed Wonderful Leap for Life
- Brady's Lake, Etc.
- Shooting of Daniel Diver and Killing of Indian Nickshaw
- Murder of Nathan Cummins in 1834, Etc. |
|
| CHAPTER LVII. - Some Clever
Local Detective Operations |
1148 - 1159 |
| |
- How the Civil Officers of a Third of a
Century Ago Managed Things
- Thieves, Burglars and Counterfeiters "Roped In"
- Sheriff Lane, Himself Victimized
- Slippery "Bob" Hurst, Etc.
- A brief but Interesting Chapter |
|
| CHAPTER LVIII. - Miscellaneous |
1162 - 1168 |
| |
- Portrait and Biography of Rev.
William Frost Crispin
- Something Further About Buchtel College
- Death of Miss Myrtle Louisa Barker
- Death of Treasurer Joy H. Pendleton
- The Howard Street Disaster With View of Ruins, Etc. |
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