I had no idea! I grew up not far from here and went to Chagrin Falls often- cool little town!
The "Western Reserve" moniker is all over Northeast Ohio, but few realize that it's because our area was once part of Connecticut! I touched on the abolitionist history of the area in a piece a while back and how that morphed into Southern sympathy as Cleveland industrialized and became more segregated: https://heathracela.substack.com/p/suburban-confederates
I had no idea! I grew up not far from here and went to Chagrin Falls often- cool little town!
The "Western Reserve" moniker is all over Northeast Ohio, but few realize that it's because our area was once part of Connecticut! I touched on the abolitionist history of the area in a piece a while back and how that morphed into Southern sympathy as Cleveland industrialized and became more segregated: https://heathracela.substack.com/p/suburban-confederates
Interesting. Previously I only knew the name of this town from the Tragically Hip song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7duVoZCwwc0