Return of the Cuyahoga history resources


www.returnofthecuyahoga.com Visit the official site of the film "Return of the Cuyahoga" in order to view video clips and an interactive timeline. www.florentinefilms.org/thefilms/04_cuy_Photos_River.html This website, created by the film's producers, contains photos from the Cuyahoga River. The Crooked River Project-history provides a quick, easy to read and understand, history of the Cuyahoga River It's part of The Crooked River Project which provides a lot of information on the Cuyahoga River.

The article "The Cuyahoga Valley National Park" from the website About.com has well organized historical information on the Cuyahoga River beginning in the 1600’s.

The article "The Cuyahoga River, Ohio, USA" is an excellent source from the BBC in Great Britain for historical information about the Cuyahoga River Watershed. It gives basic facts about the river, its geological history, facts concerning its biology and ecology, and its history beginning with Native American settlements to the present day.

"A Brief History of the Cuyahoga Valley" is an article from the National Park Service. It provides a history of the Cuyahoga Valley including geological information about the Cuyahoga River dating back to the first Native American settlement to today.

The Cuyahoga River Online Exhibition is a great place to look at several historical photos of the river. It is part of a larger project called the Cleveland Memory Project- go here and you'll find even more pictures from the past!

US Environmental Protection Agency Laws and Regulations - This website provides you with information on the history of the Clean Water Act.

"From Hurting to Healing" The Cleveland Plain Dealer graphic/article (Cleveland Plain Dealer, April 22, 2006) contains a timeline ("A Comeback Chronology") which traces the laws that were passed and actions that were taken to clean up the river as well as a neat graphic that describes several reasons for its recovery as well as problems that still remain.