History? Who Cares...
A co-worker recently asked me a thought-provoking question: “Why should we care about history?” Why should anyone care about history? Why should the Roots Revealed Blog that we so carefully research...
View Article"I Think That I Shall Never See . . ."
I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree. Trees, by Joyce Kilmer I don’t know if the lyric, old-fashioned poem by Joyce Kilmer is still taught in elementary schools on Arbor Day as...
View ArticleManakiki Golf Course: An Elegant Property for Generations
Cleveland Metroparks has a gift for preserving and managing some of the most beautiful landscapes in northeast Ohio. Many of them were once prominent industrialist estates (gentleman’s farms) of the...
View ArticleBurning River No More
At the turn of the 20th Century, a dirty river was seen as a sign of prosperity and in Cleveland, the Cuyahoga River was horribly polluted. Business was booming along its banks, but the people and...
View Article"A Fine Young Man"
This week's guest blogger is Ron Ciancutti, Purchasing Manager for Cleveland Metroparks. Ron began his career in 1985. In this essay he shares the story of his first job, and the satisfaction and...
View Article"Photo-Ops of the Past"
For the past year we have been working to distill 100 years of Cleveland Metroparks history into a book to celebrate our Centennial. Part of that work has been the job of sifting through boxes of...
View ArticleWhere the Towpath Ends - Part 2 of 2
So much of Cleveland has changed so dramatically since the canal era that the Towpath Trail planners had to get really creative just to get the trail downtown, let alone have it end up near its...
View ArticleOttawas and Cicadas
You never know where a little research will lead you. I recently spent a few evenings watching a fantastic emergence of 17-year periodical cicadas at Ottawa Point Picnic Area in Brecksville...
View ArticleContributing to the Greater Good
I was poking around in some of our Annual Reports from the Board of Park Commissioners for Cleveland Metroparks, and as I figured, some interesting tidbits popped out to help me understand more about...
View ArticleMaking Connections: Cleveland Metroparks and Cleveland Museum of Natural History
In the early years of the Cleveland Metropolitan Park System (as it was then known) the Board of Commissioners and the Executive Director, William Stinchcomb were busy acquiring land and planning the...
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