CUYAHOGA FALLS

1854 U.S. Gazetteer, C, p.298

A flourishing post-village of Tallmadge township, Summit county, Ohio, on the Cuyahoga river, and on the Pennsylvania and Ohio canal, 128 miles N. E. from Columbus. It has a beautiful situation, and contains many elegant buildings. The river here passes through a deep ravine, enclosed by walls of stratified rock near 200 feet high, and presenting a variety of picturesque views. Within a distance of 2 1/2 miles there is a fall of more than 200 feet, which affords immense water-power. There is an abundance of coal in the vicinity. It contains 1 bank, 1 academy, 2 paper mills, 1 manufactory of steam engines, 1 of hayforks and hoes, and 2 furnaces. The Akron branch of the Cleveland and Pittsburg railroad connects it with that line at Hudson.