As the principal benefactor of the Holden Arboretum, Albert Fairchild Holden (1866-1913) was a wealthy mining executive…

The Cleveland Trust Company Building’s outer pediments were designed by Karl Bitter. The ones facing Euclid Avenue…

This map shows an alternative to the railroad from the city to the lake. It was meant to show how “easy” it might be to…

International Salt Company opened a salt-mining operation on Whiskey Island in 1962. As described in a Plain Dealer…

The son of legendary Republican kingmaker, Marcus A. Hanna, he was active in the M. A. Hanna Co., the family's mining…

Observing a building like this is easy in person. But, if a building is too tall, too wide, or too close for a…

CDF worked to drum up out-of-town tenants for what would become Erieview Tower, which should have been easy if Cleveland…

An ethnic Slovak living in Hungary during the period of Magyarization, 13-year old John Pankuch immigrated to America…

Mather was the grandson of one of the founders of the Connecticut Land Company that bought and surveyed the Western…

Nome, Alaska was founded in 1901 following the discovery of gold in the region. Developed as a mining district after…

"There's too much of interest up here, too much happiness within easy reach, to let you grow old and dour or settled in…

Gunnar Kaasen accompanied the dog sled team on both the promotional and vaudeville tours that followed their rise to…

The construction of the Kent Dam was not an easy task. This "highly engineered structure" is the only one of its kind.…

As part of the Clean Water Act, the Kent Dam was bypassed in 2004. As seen in this image, the bypass project was not an…

"With a company of elephants to sound a genuine Republican keynote, Cleveland crowds found it easy to get into the…

Each gardener at the Miles Standish Elementary School garden paid $1.25 for a plot of land from the tract, which lasted…

Bishop James A. McFadden of Cleveland and Archbishop Gregory Rozuran of Ljubljana place a memorial wreath on the bust of…