John T Sabol
Author
Series
Publisher
Arcadia Pub
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Although it has been called "Little Hungry" or "Little Budapest," Cleveland's Buckeye Road neighborhood exceeds that description. A more apt moniker might be "Little Danube." Like the Danube, Buckeye's history has flowed through a multicultural immigrant community and into a modern urban neighborhood striving to make its mark. Fueled by the industry of its first settlers in the 1880s, the district spread from what is now Buckeye Road and Woodland....
Author
Series
Publisher
Arcadia Pub
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Cleveland's Czech community is one of the area's oldest European ethnic groups; with a presence in the area even before the Civil War. It is almost a geographical accident that Czechs arrived in Cleveland, where they would have stopped on: the way to Czech or Bohemian communities in Nebraska, Iowa, and Wisconsin. From 1850 to 1870, the Czech community grew from 3 families to 696, according to The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History. Many found work...
Author
Series
Publisher
Arcadia Publishing
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Three and a half miles from the mainland, Kelleys Island was settled in 1833 by brothers Datus and Irad Kelley. Formerly known as Cunningham's Island, it quickly built a reputation as a source of fine, red cedar and limestone. Grape vineyards, wineries, and a robust fishing industry followed, and Kelleys Island developed a stellar reputation through the 19th century. It also started to attract tourists, lured by the cool breezes and Shangri-La environment....
Author
Series
Publisher
Arcadia Pub
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Cleveland's Slovaks can best be characterized as Survivors. Many Survived ethnic persecution and Poverty so they could have a chance at something better. Beginning with a small core of Immigrants seeking work aboveground rather than in the Coal mines of neighboring states, Cleveland's Slovak Community grew through a giant chain migration. Their neighborhoods flourished close to their jobs and their Churches. Many of the ancestors of today's Slovaks...