Front Street

Front Street. Native American Passage. Hundreds of years ago, you might expect to see a member of the Seneca tribe in his canoe, prepared to hunt unsuspecting deer along the calmer banks of the Cuyahoga., He would exit the river to avoid the dangerous roaring falls and portage between navigable waters around the horseshoe bend of the Gorge, carrying his boat along established trails., Front Street in Cuyahoga Falls was created by paving over one such trail. When white settlers built their first log cabins in the village, remnants of council circles and disintegrating wigwam or longhouse frames were still upright., The region around the Falls and the larger Cuyahoga River Valley was a crossroads of many trails used by Indigenous tribes such as the Ottawa, Seneca, Mohawk and Lenape (Delaware) who were forced westward into Ohio by Europeans from the East., Map showing the old Native American Trail that followed the river and became what is today Front Street., Canoers relax near Goose Egg Island where Seneca Chief Wagmong lived until the summer of 18 12., The view Indigenous Peoples may have had from their dugout canoes traveling the Cuyahoga River., "Shelter Rock" and "Nauvoo Rock" further down, were both used by Indigenous Peoples. "Nauvoo Rock" was used to navigate the portage around the Falls. Indigenous and pioneer children would jump from both locations when swimming.