In 1889, the Cleveland Plain Dealer published an essay that reads like a strange obituary.
The piece lists no author. And it glows with nostalgia and teems with descriptions of striking beauty.
The subject isn’t a person — it’s the ancient rivers, streams and creeks that once flowed through Cleveland.
In Cleveland’s early years, the natural landscape made the city into a major player in the nation’s iron industry. As the 1800s became the 1900s, the relationship began to shift. The growing city irreversibly shaped the landscape…