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Bird's-eye view map of Cleveland in 1877. The city of Cleveland, Ohio, was founded by General Moses Cleaveland of the Connecticut Land Company on July 22, 1796. Its central location on the southern shore of Lake Erie and the mouth of the Cuyahoga River allowed it to become a major center for Great Lakes trade in northern Ohio in the early 19th century.
Cleveland mayor, Michael R. White, worked with the NFL and Commissioner Paul Tagliabue to bring back the Browns beginning in the 1999 season, retaining all team history. [257] In Cleveland's earlier football history, the Cleveland Bulldogs won the NFL Championship in 1924, [258] and the Cleveland Rams won the NFL Championship in 1945 before ...
Cleveland is a masculine given name borne by: Cleveland Abbe (1838–1916), American meteorologist and advocate of time zones; Cleveland Abbott (1894–1955), African-American football player, college football and basketball head coach and educator; Cleveland Amory (1917–1998), American animal rights activist and author
Cleveland was established one year later by General Moses Cleaveland near the mouth of the Cuyahoga River. [ 9 ] Cuyahoga County was created on June 7, 1807, and organized on May 1, 1810.
During Cleveland’s first bid for the presidency, it was unearthed that a decade prior, a woman named Maria Halpin had given birth to a son with the last name Cleveland, who was later adopted by ...
The History of the Cleveland Browns American football team began in 1944 when taxi-cab magnate Arthur B. "Mickey" McBride secured a Cleveland, Ohio, franchise in the newly formed All-America Football Conference (AAFC). Paul Brown, who coach Bill Walsh once called the "father of modern football", [1] was the team's namesake and first coach.
Columnist Charita Goshay writes that the Cleveland baseball team's move to change its name may well ... Colavito hit a solid .266 and was the first American Leaguer in history to play an entire ...
The city's nickname "CLE" is derived from the IATA code for Cleveland Hopkins International Airport. "The Forest City" is Cleveland's oldest nickname, as used here for the Forest City Bank Building in the Ohio City neighborhood. There have been several nicknames for the City of Cleveland throughout its history. These include: