Cleveland’s History

In 1888 the St Stanislaus church was founded supporting new arrivals.

Cleveland had steel mills and wooden mills which draw the immigrants into Cleveland in the 19th century.

It had some Chinese settlers that settled near Public Square in the late 1860s. They were mostly restaurant owners, and with their workers. In 1970s to the 1980s young Chinese immigrants went toward their interests and that was Cleveland’s universities, jobs, engineering and technology.

Italian people also settled themselves in Cleveland in the mid- 19th century. There was a place called, Big Italy. Some were grocery sellers, bakers and shop keepers. Later in the 19th century more Italians came into Cleveland and they were stone masons. They craved monuments for the near by Lake View cemetery. Today the Little Italians still with holds the spirit of the first generation Americans.

The Irish was the first national groups to settle in Cleveland because of the work that was manufactured by the Ohio-Erie Canal and the Cleveland docks. They settled at Whiskey Island in the early mid-1820s. As work became more abundant thousands of Irish men and women arrived from Europe, and locating themselves on today’s flats near the west side.

There were also Germans that settled in Cleveland in the 1830s. They had skills of craftsmen, brewers, jewelers, tailor, among other careers.

The Slovens moved to Cleveland because of the kind of work they were interested in which was the steel mills.

Cleveland’s enjoyments could never be fulfilled without sports, and it took a great turn in the history of sports in 1920s. The years 1850 to the 1920s have been called: Professional baseball commenced in the late 1860s. The years 1850-1920s have been called, Age of the Player, but the year 1920 have been indicated, the Age of the Spectator and it seems it was true in Cleveland’s professional sports.

Hockey was familiarized to Cleveland some where in the year of 1890s.

The most of the 19th century boxing and wrestling was not really accepted in Cleveland and seldom written about in the newspapers. Cleveland’s population grew and with a demand for indoor amusement and spectator sports increased despite continue legal problems and newspaper disapproval. Fighting was not accepted at first. Fighting was first done by bare hands and then later with padded gloves. Cleveland’s first remark on boxing with it’s 16 leaders was in 1855, but for a 3-year period in the late 1890s boxing matches were allowed. It’s first championship match round was on March 1898.

It’s first bowling alley was initiated in 1872 but the game didn’t grow in acceptance until the first decade of the 20th century. In 1918 Cleveland’s women’s Bowling Assn. was organized, though it was a man’s sport. By the mid 1930’s there were about 7,000 women. Cleveland’s bowling centers accelerated from 59 in 1939 to 106 in 1945.

There are so many sports in Cleveland, auto racing and rallying, soccer, foot racing, bicycling, running across country, weight lifting, weight throwing and jumping, and there are many more of Cleveland’s great sports.

It even has men’s Christian Assn. which was the first and was founded in 1868. Women Christian Assn. was also founded in 1868. The oldest black church was founded in 1849 with a growing population. In 1833 Cleveland’s Baptist church was developed.

Radio and television were in and was on the air between the years of 1922 and 1947. What a great invention.

As far back as 1850 most of Cleveland’s African America people lived on the east side. The black and white families were scattered by the 20th century. By the late 1840s there were public schools, theaters, restaurants, and hotels. There was hardly any violence.

Cleveland’s history tells of great stories and shows how we can benefit from the help of others through our working together.

Let Cleveland be your next planned holiday for it has much to offer.