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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1937
Page
30
Elyria dates its actual history to March 17, 1817 when Heman Ely and a small party cleared land and founded the settlement that became Elyria. Ahead of incorporation in 1833 the village boasted a high school a stagecoach stop a newspaper and a growing business district amid early hardships.
The text describes the March 17 (some say March 18) founding of Elyria by Ely and the Black River party crossing by canoe to stake land and build shelter. A public boarding house, a general store, and Ely's two story home on Main Street formed early Elyria, with a Beebe Tavern later serving stagecoach travelers.
The era describes stagecoach lines, bridge washouts, and mail carried by riders from Cleveland via Elyna. Elyria’s post office opens in Beebe House, later moves to Main Street with Ely appointed postmaster. The 1829 Lorain Gazette appears before incorporation. Elyria High School chartered in 1832 as Rivus becomes a village.
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