Cleveland, past and present; its representative men: . 1 v^iTo. ^«^ /^S^^V.^, :^^^. m \^- \ ITS REPRESENTATIVE MEN. 207 l»ui>ue his ritudics and enter upon the practice, first stoppin<; at Cleve-land, on lindin^ that any further west was hardly within tiie pale ofcivilization. Cleveland itself was then, September, 1S34, but a niorevillage, of about twenty-five hundred inhabitants. Superior streethad not been graded, and at its western terminus was higher thanthe first Ftory of the Atwater Block, and the bank of the lake ex-tended fifteen rods out beyond the present Union Depot. The villa
Cleveland, past and present; its representative men: . 1 v^iTo. ^«^ /^S^^V.^, :^^^. m \^- \ ITS REPRESENTATIVE MEN. 207 l»ui>ue his ritudics and enter upon the practice, first stoppin<; at Cleve-land, on lindin^ that any further west was hardly within tiie pale ofcivilization. Cleveland itself was then, September, 1S34, but a niorevillage, of about twenty-five hundred inhabitants. Superior streethad not been graded, and at its western terminus was higher thanthe first Ftory of the Atwater Block, and the bank of the lake ex-tended fifteen rods out beyond the present Union Depot. The villagedid not become a city till 1S8G, when at a public meeting to determineupon the corporate limits, Mr. Bolton was appointed on a committeeto <lraft the charter, and urged that both sides of the river should beembraced, but was overruled, and Ohio City was established on theother side of the river as a sort of rival, but since consolidated withCleveland. His connection with city affairs was renewed as Council-man in ISoO, and as Alderman in 1S41. But to go back to his profess
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