Downtown in Cleveland in Cuyahoga County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Moses Cleaveland Survey
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 19, 2021
1. Moses Cleaveland Survey Marker
Moses Cleaveland
led a surveying party
to the banks of
the Cuyahoga River
to lay out a new city.
The map from the survey
is depicted in the
pavement below.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Exploration • Settlements & Settlers • Waterways & Vessels. A significant historical year for this entry is 1796.
Location. 41° 29.806′ N, 81° 42.032′ W. Marker is in Cleveland, Ohio, in Cuyahoga County. It is in Downtown. It can be reached from the intersection of Robert Lockwood Jr Drive and West Superior Avenue, on the right when traveling south. Marker is embedded in the walkway on the east side of Settler's Landing Park. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Cleveland OH 44113, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is on Ohio’s Lake Erie Shore and in the Western Reserve. It is also in the American Midwest and on the Great Lakes. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, the territory of
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Celebrating 50 years of progress on the Cuyahoga River (within shouting distance of this marker); A River Reborn (within shouting distance of this marker); Industrialists & Early Skyscrapers (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Rockefeller Building (about 400 feet away); Ohio & Erie Canalway (about 600 feet away); The Canal (about 600 feet away); Alexis de Tocqueville (about 700 feet away); Hardware Industry (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Cleveland.
Other markers no longer nearby. Moses Cleavelands Capital Town (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been confirmed missing); John D. Rockefeller / The Standard Oil Company (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been confirmed missing); Ohio and Erie Canal (was about 600 feet away but has been confirmed missing).
Related markers. Click here for a list of markers that are related to this marker. Moses Cleaveland
Also see . . . Moses Cleaveland.
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 19, 2021
2. Moses Cleaveland Survey Marker
Moses was a shareholder in the Connecticut Land Company which purchased land in the Western Reserve, or New Connecticut. This involvement led Moses Cleaveland on an expedition into the Ohio wilderness. He was responsible for surveying the land as well as negotiating land rights with the Indians living there. On July 22, 1796, Moses arrived at the mouth of the Cuyahoga River and decided that the land just to the east of it would be the capital of the new territory. His surveyors laid out a town, including a 9-1/2-acre Public Square, on the high bluffs overlooking Lake Erie and the winding Cuyahoga.(Submitted on February 24, 2022, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)
Credits. This page was last revised on February 4, 2023. It was originally submitted on February 23, 2022, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 689 times since then and 100 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on February 24, 2022, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
