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Finally,
a little time after Ohio became a state, in 1803, the Cuyahoga Valley
contained the first two permanent settlements along the Cuyahoga River.
Those first settlements were Independence
and Brecksville. Soon,
these people built a canal along side
of the river. This canal was used like a water filled superhighway. |
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The
canal was used to transport people and all kinds of goods and soon more people
came to live along the river.
Well,
after that building and growing just didn't stop. Railroads
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Industries
were built and the river became the center of all kinds of activity,
most of which the water creatures and I did not like. You probably
know pretty much of the story from here on. |
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Through the years the Cuyahoga
got pretty dirty and at several different times it just flat out
caught fire. It made us
famous but not the way we wanted to be.
In the early 1970s,
a bunch of people decided that enough was enough and it was time
to clean the old baby up.
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They made some
laws that said factories couldn't
pollute the river anymore and now they just work at making those
laws keep this river clean.
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My
friends and I are happier, and we hope that you, the people of the
river, help to keep us happy. |
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