First Settlers of N.O. (or Kingston or Lenox, depending on the year)
City of North Olmsted Website "About North Olmsted" Section Under the "Town" Dropdown Menu
***NOTE: Lots of great information here!
www.north-olmsted.com/about-north-olmsted/
history.rays-place.com/oh/cuyahoga/olmsted.htmOlmsted Unitarian Universalist Church
Our very own historically significant church on Porter Road
http://olmsteduu.org/about-us/
Mystery Cave of Cedar Point Valley
Interesting story about the Lawrence Grist Mill
www.clevelandmetroparks.com/parks/learn/blogs/notes-from-the-field/2013/july-2013/mystery-cave-of-cedar-point-valley
City of North Olmsted Site
The city has done a nice job of compiling N.O.'s history on their website. When you get to the page notice the links in the gray bar left of the Town Hall image. Each contains relevant information for this topic of inquiry.
www.north-olmsted.com/about-north-olmsted/settlement-and-early-history-of-north-olmsted-a-tale-of-two-influential-families/
Encyclopedia of Cleveland History (North Olmsted)
General information with a few interesting facts (like we were once in the Guinness Book of World Records!)
case.edu/ech/articles/n/north-olmsted
Cleveland.com article about N.O. from farming to the interurban
www.cleveland.com/north-olmsted/2014/08/farming_dominated_north_olmste.html
History of Olmsted Township (and North Olmsted)
First published in 1924, some one (Ray, maybe?) typed out this history and published it on the internet. Stories contained in this history are particularly interesting, and I have not seen them recounted anywhere else.
history.rays-place.com/oh/cuyahoga/olmsted.htm
Do you live on a Stearns brothers farm?
An article about the various tracts of land that make up present day N.O. but once belonged to one of the five Stearns brothers
www.north-olmsted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2016/09/Do-You-Live-on-a-Stearns-Farm.pdf
Joseph Peake's Farm (First African American family on the Western Reserve)
http://www.remarkableohio.org/index.php?/category/338
The Morning Journal
Article about the Vermont and Connecticut roots of N.O.'s first homesteaders
www.morningjournal.com/news/cuyahoga-county/north-olmsted-traces-roots-to-settlers-from-vermont-connecticut/article_a1c73b04-184a-11e9-9b7d-2331303902e0.html
A List of North Olmsted Citizens Buried at Butternut Ridge Cemetery
files.usgwarchives.net/oh/cuyahoga/cemetery/butternut.txt
***NOTE: Lots of great information here!
www.north-olmsted.com/about-north-olmsted/
history.rays-place.com/oh/cuyahoga/olmsted.htmOlmsted Unitarian Universalist Church
Our very own historically significant church on Porter Road
http://olmsteduu.org/about-us/
Mystery Cave of Cedar Point Valley
Interesting story about the Lawrence Grist Mill
www.clevelandmetroparks.com/parks/learn/blogs/notes-from-the-field/2013/july-2013/mystery-cave-of-cedar-point-valley
City of North Olmsted Site
The city has done a nice job of compiling N.O.'s history on their website. When you get to the page notice the links in the gray bar left of the Town Hall image. Each contains relevant information for this topic of inquiry.
www.north-olmsted.com/about-north-olmsted/settlement-and-early-history-of-north-olmsted-a-tale-of-two-influential-families/
Encyclopedia of Cleveland History (North Olmsted)
General information with a few interesting facts (like we were once in the Guinness Book of World Records!)
case.edu/ech/articles/n/north-olmsted
Cleveland.com article about N.O. from farming to the interurban
www.cleveland.com/north-olmsted/2014/08/farming_dominated_north_olmste.html
History of Olmsted Township (and North Olmsted)
First published in 1924, some one (Ray, maybe?) typed out this history and published it on the internet. Stories contained in this history are particularly interesting, and I have not seen them recounted anywhere else.
history.rays-place.com/oh/cuyahoga/olmsted.htm
Do you live on a Stearns brothers farm?
An article about the various tracts of land that make up present day N.O. but once belonged to one of the five Stearns brothers
www.north-olmsted.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2016/09/Do-You-Live-on-a-Stearns-Farm.pdf
Joseph Peake's Farm (First African American family on the Western Reserve)
http://www.remarkableohio.org/index.php?/category/338
The Morning Journal
Article about the Vermont and Connecticut roots of N.O.'s first homesteaders
www.morningjournal.com/news/cuyahoga-county/north-olmsted-traces-roots-to-settlers-from-vermont-connecticut/article_a1c73b04-184a-11e9-9b7d-2331303902e0.html
A List of North Olmsted Citizens Buried at Butternut Ridge Cemetery
files.usgwarchives.net/oh/cuyahoga/cemetery/butternut.txt
Frostville Museum Information and Brochures by Building
***Great E-Book about Olmsted Falls (but also contains lots of information about and images of Frostville)
books.google.com/books?id=hkOpH6ZRjiEC&pg=PT24&lpg=PT24&dq=briggs+house+frostville+museum&source=bl&ots=JaKM5VjJ1T&sig=ACfU3U194H8f-olNTBnNeKjRxOPd7aYgCw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjp5-6C3p3iAhVJ1qwKHdSnDOI4ChDoATAIegQICRAB#v=onepage&q=briggs%20house%20frostville%20museum&f=false
***Check out this well written article from Cleveland Historical about Frostville Museum
clevelandhistorical.org/items/show/724
More about Frostville here...
www.clevelandmetroparks.com/parks/learn/blogs/notes-from-the-field/2014/july-2014/frostville-museum
And more...
mapio.net/pic/p-17973364/
And more...
www.remarkableohio.org/index.php?/category/349
books.google.com/books?id=hkOpH6ZRjiEC&pg=PT24&lpg=PT24&dq=briggs+house+frostville+museum&source=bl&ots=JaKM5VjJ1T&sig=ACfU3U194H8f-olNTBnNeKjRxOPd7aYgCw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjp5-6C3p3iAhVJ1qwKHdSnDOI4ChDoATAIegQICRAB#v=onepage&q=briggs%20house%20frostville%20museum&f=false
***Check out this well written article from Cleveland Historical about Frostville Museum
clevelandhistorical.org/items/show/724
More about Frostville here...
www.clevelandmetroparks.com/parks/learn/blogs/notes-from-the-field/2014/july-2014/frostville-museum
And more...
mapio.net/pic/p-17973364/
And more...
www.remarkableohio.org/index.php?/category/349
***VERY Cool 3-D Model of the Frostville Church (Once located at the NE corner of Barton and Lorain Roads
3dwarehouse.sketchup.com/model/u77a2c2a3-09c1-4eb5-abe2-d7d8cd0a1ed7/Frostville-Village-Church?hl=en
3dwarehouse.sketchup.com/model/u77a2c2a3-09c1-4eb5-abe2-d7d8cd0a1ed7/Frostville-Village-Church?hl=en
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Jenkins Cabin Prechtel House Briggs House NOTE: For more on the Briggs House click on the link below... www.olmstedhistoricalsociety.org/briggs-house |
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