Cleveland History By kalinka1226 Period: 21,980 BCE to 11,980 BCE The Glaciers Period: 800 BCE to 100 Adena culture Period: 100 BCE to 500 Hopewell culture Period: 1000 to 1650 Fort Ancient Culture 1788 Marietta 1st permanent settlement 1796 Moses Cleaveland arrives 1803 Cleveland becomes the 17th state, Chillicothe is the capital 1816 Columbus becomes the state capital 1817 1st Abolitionist newspaper "The Philanthropist" is published 1827 dugout the mouth of the river 1832 completed the Ohio and Erie canals 1842 The Wyandottes, are the last American Indian tribe in Ohio and they leave 1849 Ohio`s 1st state fair 1859 John Rockefeller est.1st business on the river 1868 1st major fire on the river 1929 steel, Ohio`s first industry 1930 the end of the rapid industrial growth 1968 100 million dollars are used to help clean up the river 1969 30 min fire on the river 1972 Clean Water Act passes 2000 Cuy Valley National Park est 2010 project Clean Lake 2020 fire on the river because of a oil spill
