1721: "The Naming of Cleveland"
Interesting Things with JC · Jul 22, 2026 · 2:25
Interesting Things with JC · Jul 22, 2026 · 2:25
Listen in the Podli app 🎧
Follow your favourite podcasts, listen offline and in the car with CarPlay and Android Auto, and always pick up where you left off. Free to try.
Interesting Things with JC #1721: "The Naming of Cleveland" – A surveying party names a new settlement after General Moses Cleaveland even though he wanted a different name, then he leaves and never returns. Over time, the city drops a letter from his name, while generations of settlers transform a frontier village into one of America's largest metropolitan areas.
Episodes: Interesting Things with JC
