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This tour was created in partnership with the City of Shaker Heights and the Shaker Heights Public Library. As Shaker Heights celebrates its centennial anniversary throughout 2012, explore the…

Cleveland is well known for its Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but music pervades the history of this Great Lakes city. From the establishment of the Cleveland Opera Company and Cleveland Orchestra in…

Dugway Brook, among the bluestone brooks that flow into Lake Erie, is all but invisible today. Generations ago its serpentine branches plunged into culverts buried beneath streets, parking lots, and…

The Noble-Monticello area of Cleveland Heights was largely farmland until about a century ago. Dairies, orchards, and farms made the area something of a "breadbasket" while bluestone quarries yielded…

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Cleveland Historical is an award-winning website and mobile app developed by the Center for Public History + Digital Humanities at Cleveland State University. This project represents the ongoing research of hundreds of graduate and undergraduate students, faculty, staff, and volunteers. Download the app – available for both iOS and Android – to explore the people, places, and moments that have shaped the city’s history.