Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
Summit County
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Cuyahoga Falls is a city in Summit County, Ohio, United States. The city population is currently 49 374 inhabitants ( 2000 census ). It is the second largest city in Summit County.
Acting Mayor Don L. Robart is currently.
Historical
The Treaty of Greenville had on August 3, 1795 in Fort Greenville the Native Americans a large portion of their land in Ohio to cede to the United States. The partition boundary ran from the mouth of the Cuyahoga River into Lake Erie along the river south to the Portage Portage County in present-day and then the Tuscarawas River down to Fort Laurens near present-day Bolivar.
Joshua Stow, who as a companion of Moses Cleaveland in the years 1796 to 1797 the land around Lake Erie, called the Connecticut Western Reserve, had measured, took a liking to this country at the border Cuyahoga River. He bought here almost a square kilometer of land, and sent a relative, William Wetmore, from Connecticut to develop in the area there. 1804 Wetmore came on in the area.
In 1812, the Indians withdrew from the territory of the Cuyahoga River, to ally with the British. After the defeat of the British in the British -American War of 1812, however, she never returned to the area.
Under the name of Manchester today Cuyahoga Falls was settled. Later, it was mainly a desire of the post, rename the settlement because there was already several settlements of this name in Ohio.
Cuyahoga Falls was eventually named after the Cuyahoga River and the series of waterfalls that had made the river unnavigable at this point and meant that you had to carry the canoes at this location. Today the rapids flowing through the center of town. Cuyahoga Falls is bordered by Akron to the south and the Cuyahoga Valley National Park in the Northwest.
Culture
The Blossom Music Center is the venue of the Blossom Festival, which takes place every summer ten weeks. The festival site was created for the Cleveland Orchestra, which hits here in the summer months his quarters. The first Blossom Festival was held from 19 July 1968, when the then chief conductor of the Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell conducted the first concert. Even then made guest appearances in addition to the Cleveland Orchestra and other musicians and in addition to the symphonic concerts there were jazz and folk events. Until 2005, the Blossom Festival its own music director, since then, the principal conductor of the Cleveland Orchestra, Franz Welser- Möst also be taken over the musical direction of the summer festivals.
Famous people
- Cheryl Gates McFadden ( b. 1949 in Cuyahoga Falls), Actress, Actress of Dr. Beverly Crusher in the series Star Trek: The Next Generation
- Jim Jarmusch ( born 1953 ), writer-director, screenwriter, actor and film producer
- Michael Morell ( b. 1958 ), Director of the CIA