Akron and Summit County Ohio History + Bonus Books

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Fifty Years And Over
Of Akron And
Summit County
EMBELLISHED BY NEARLY SIX HUNDRED ENGRAVINGS — PORTRAITS OF
PIONEER SETTLERS, PROMINENT CITIZENS, BUSINESS,
OFFICIAL AND PROFESSIONAL — ANCIENT
AND MODERN VIEWS, ETC.
NINE-TENTH'S OF A CENTURY OF SOLID LOCAL HISTORY ^PIONEER INCIDENTS,
INTERESTING EVENTS— INDUSTRIAL, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL
AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS, BIOGRAPHIES, ETC.
By Ex-Sheriff Samual A. Lane 1892
1,167 pages, Illustrated, Searchable
Bonus Book -
Centennial History
Of Summit County, Ohio
And Representative Citizens
By William B. Doyle, 1908
1,115 pages, Illustrated, Searchable
Book -
Bonus
History Of Summit County
With An Outline Sketch of Ohio
By William Henry Perrin, 1881
1,050 pages, Searchable
Book -
Bonus
The Portage Path
By P. P. Cherry, 1911
143 pages, Searchable
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Akron was settled in 1825 as a strategic point at the summit of the developing Ohio and Erie Canal.
ummit County was formed on March 3, 1840 from portions of Medina, Portage and Stark Counties. It was named after the highest point on the Ohio and Erie Canal. Akron replaced Cuyahoga Falls as its county seat a year later and opened a canal connecting to Beaver, Pennsylvania helping to birth the stoneware, sewer pipe, fishing tackle, and farming equipment industries.
During the 1910-1920 decade Akron was the fastest growing city in the country and experienced a 201.8% population increase becoming a boom town. World-renowned industries including the cereal, lamp, toy & marble, and tire & rubber were flourishing in the city at the time.
Contents – Centennial History
CHAPTER I. Topography and Geology
Description of the Physical Features of the County — Its Economic Geology — The Soil; Its Drainage and Fertility — Coal — Gas — Oil.
CHAPTER II. Settlement and Organization of Summit County 29
Pioneer Conditions— Indian Trading— Wild Game— Home-Made Garments— Pioneer Hospitality— Social
Amusements — First Published Description of Summit County — Making of Summit County — Western
Reserve— Organization of the County— County Scat Selected — County Seat Contests— Adams' Reception-
Territorial Changes.
CHAPTER III. County and Other Officials 47
A Roster of Officials from the Organization of the County Down to 1907.
CHAPTER IV. Akron — The County Seat 56
Introductory — Economic Causes and Growth of Akron — Its Settlement and History — Public Improvements —
Akron an Incorporated Town — City Government — Mercantile Akron — Fire and Police Departments — Riot of 1900 — Aftermath of the Riot.
CHAPTER V. Townships and Towns 101
Settlement and Organization of the Townships — Settlement and Founding of the Towns — Sketches of Barberton, Cuyahoga Fall,?, Hudson, Tallmadge, Peninsula, Etc.
CHAPTER VI. Public Institutions 113
CHAPTER VII. Agriculture 130
CHAPTER VIII. Transportation Facilities HO
Steam and Electric Railroads— The Ohio Canal— The Ohio and I'eniisv l\ ani.i Canal.
CHAPTER IX. Manufactures 147
The County's Chief Manufacturing Establishments of the Past and of the Present — Clay Products —
Cereal Mills — Agricultural Implements — The Rubber Industry — Printing and Publishing. Etc.
CHAPTER X. Banks and Banking 168
History of the Banks of Summit County — Banks Inadequate — Akron's Financial Reputation — Akron a
Large Borrower — Panic of 1904 — Clearing House Statement — Future Prosperity Certain.
CHAPTER XI. The Public Schools 173
CHAPTER XII. History of Buchtel College 202
CHAPTER XIII. Religious Development 219
First Churches and Pioneer Clergy — General History of Religious Organizations — Churches and Clergy of To-day.
CHAPTER XIV. The Press 224
CHAPTER XV. Greatness Achieved by Summit County Sons 231
John Brown — Edward Rowland Sill.
CHAPTER XVI. Military History 239
Revolutionary War — War of 1812 — Mexican War — War of the Rebellion — Militia Organizations — Spanish-
American War.
CHAPTER XVII. Fraternal Organizations 247
CHAPTER XVIII. The Medical Profession 253
CHAPTER XIX. The Bench and Bar 261
Early History —The Present Bar and Its High Standing.
CHAPTER XX. Statistics : 319
Biographical 303
Index
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