Stories about the Native Americans Moses Cleaveland Met When He Arrived
Cleveland Stories Dinner Parties
Storyteller: John Grabowski & John Bickers
Doors open at 5:00pm, with the storytelling beginning promptly at 7:00pm
- Weekly series combining great food with great stories about Cleveland’s past
- FREE ADMISSION – NO COVER CHARGE
- In addition to our regular menu, a Prix Fixe 3-course dinner special is available for just $25
- Check back for tonight’s special
Story topic this week…
Stories about the Native Americans Moses Cleaveland Met When He Arrived
Moses Cleaveland, Connecticut native and founder of the city of Cleveland, was a Yale scholar, lawyer, and served under General George Washington in the Revolutionary War. He arrived to Northeast Ohio on July 22, 1796 where he surveyed the land and negotiated with the Native Americans to ensure their safety. Who were these Native Americans? What was their life like in Northeast Ohio before the settlers began to arrive?
After negotiating, laying out towns and plots, Cleaveland returned to Connecticut and never looked back.
John Grabowski Bio
John J. Grabowski holds a joint position as the Krieger-Mueller Associate Professor of Applied History at Case Western Reserve University and the Krieger-Mueller Historian and Senior Vice President for Research and Publications at the Western Reserve Historical Society. He also serves as the editor of The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History and The Dictionary of Cleveland Biography, both of which are available online. His research interests center on American immigration, public history, and the disjuncture between “academic” and “popular” history. John has twice served as a Fulbright Scholar at Bilkent University in Ankara, Turkey. His most recent book is a history of Bilkent, Turkey’s first private, foundation-funded university.
John Bickers Bio
Dr. John Bickers researches early American history and is a citizen of the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma. His first book project, The Miami Nation: A Middle Path for Indigenous Nationhood is an exploration of the political history of the Miami Tribe through the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Bickers received his Ph.D. from The Ohio State University.
The goal of the Cleveland Stories Dinner Party is to bring to life some of the fun, interesting stories about Cleveland’s past – from sports, to rock ‘n roll, to Millionaire’s Row, — the series will focus on tidbits from Cleveland’s past that will really thrill the audience. The Music Box is presenting this series in partnership with the Western Reserve Historical Society’s new Cleveland History Center. We think the Cleveland History Center is one of the most important museums in Cleveland. An unknown gem that Clevelanders should know more about, and support. It is the only museum in Cleveland dedicated to preserving and documenting the history of Cleveland. The Cleveland History Center includes two mansions, the Crawford Auto Aviation Museum, Chisholm Halle Costume Wing, Research Library, Kidzibits Hands-On Gallery, rotating exhibitions, and the Euclid Beach Park Grand Carousel.
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