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Transitions
1836 -
- The residents of the northern part of Brooklyn incorporated their area as "The City of Ohio" later more commonly known as Ohio City. (See page 304 of Griswold, S. O., The corporate birth and growth of the city of Cleveland : an address to the Early Settlers' Association of Cleveland Cleveland: Western Reserve and Northern Ohio Historical Society, 1884, 32 pgs.)
1837 -
- That part of Ohio City that lay south and west of the Barber & Sons allotment became known as Willeyville. Named, no doubt, for John W. Willey, Ohio City's first mayor. It was here that a riot almost occurred over the bridge built across the river at Columbus Street. (See page 305 of Griswold, S. O., The corporate birth and growth of the city of Cleveland : an address to the Early Settlers' Association of Cleveland Cleveland: Western Reserve and Northern Ohio Historical Society, 1884, 32 pgs.)
1864 -
- Cleveland annexes that part of Brooklyn township that lay north of Walworth Run.
1867 -
- Cleveland annexes another part of Brooklyn township south of the original "City of Ohio".
1872 -
- Cleveland annexes more of Brooklyn township.
Epidemics
1832 - Cholera
1904 - Typhoid Fever
- Started Jan 6, 1903 (9 cases). Total for the year: 3443 cases and 472 deaths. The severest outbreak occured shortly after heavy rains, in January of 1904, that washed immense quantities of mud into the lake. The following month had similar weather and another rise in the number of cases as typhoid infected sewage washed into the lake. By the end of the epidemic, 611 people had died.
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References
- "The World's" history of Cleveland : commemorating the city's centennial anniversary, Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland World, 1896, 445 pgs.