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3-4 Western Reserve

Side A: On July 4, 1796, Moses Cleaveland and his survey party landed at the mouth of Conneaut Creek on the southern shore of Lake Erie in what is today Conneaut, Ohio. The Connecticut Land Company, a private land speculation enterprise, had hired General Cleaveland as its agent to survey the Connecticut Western Reserve lands and to found a settlement along the Cuyahoga River, later named Cleveland. Group members pitched tents and erected a crude shelter to protect the provisions and survey equipment before celebrating the independence of the new country with toasts and salutes. The next day they organized into field groups to begin the historic survey of measuring the townships and ranges of the Western Reserve.
Side B: Same
Sponsors: 1796 Conneaut Bicentennial Commission 1996, Civic Development Corporation, The Ohio Historical Society
Address: 294 Main Street, 
Conneaut, 
OH, 
44030
Location: NW corner of Main Street and Broad Street
Latitude: 41.9429160
Longitude: -80.5562820