Nathaniel Doan arrived in Cleveland, Ohio about 1798 from Chatham, Connecticut, with his family. He had a wife, son, three daughters, and a contract with the Connecticut Land Company. He was a member of Moses Cleaveland's original surveying party.
The Connecticut Land Company offered him, if he would establish a blacksmith shop on the banks of the Cuyahoga and keep it there one year to serve the settlers, he would receive title to ten acres.
Nathaniel and Sarah Doan and their six children settled beside the Doan Brook. This area became the ford on the main road between Buffalo and Cleveland; now it's the intersection of Euclid Avenue and East 105th Street.
In 1815 the original Buffalo Road became known as Euclid Avenue. This road was the original Indian trail along Lake Erie between Cleveland, OH. and Buffalo, NY.
He built a cabin tavern at the corner of Euclid and East 107th and added a store, served as Justice of the Peace, postmaster, and clergyman.
Farms were prospering, and the new road from Doan's corners to Newburgh was a popular thoroughfare. It wasn't until the building of the Ohio canal in the 1800's that Doan's corners seemed to slow in traffic, but was the advent of the dynamic growth of Cleveland.
Doan died in his Tavern in 1815.∼Emigrated with his family in 1798 to become one of thr first permanent settlers of Cleveland, OH. He settled on Euclid Ave about four miles form the Cuyahoga river where the road intersects the road from Newburg and Euclid. The area became what is know as Doan's Corners. Nathaniel was the Blacksmith of the Land Company during the survey was to keep their pack horses well shod. in 1798 he erected a rude shop on the south side of Superior St. In 1804 he was made 1st Lieutenant in the 1st Militia company. He died at Doan's Corners. His daughter - The widow of Edward Badwin who was once the sheriff and treasurer of Cuyahoga County.
The Connecticut Land Company offered him, if he would establish a blacksmith shop on the banks of the Cuyahoga and keep it there one year to serve the settlers, he would receive title to ten acres.
Nathaniel and Sarah Doan and their six children settled beside the Doan Brook. This area became the ford on the main road between Buffalo and Cleveland; now it's the intersection of Euclid Avenue and East 105th Street.
In 1815 the original Buffalo Road became known as Euclid Avenue. This road was the original Indian trail along Lake Erie between Cleveland, OH. and Buffalo, NY.
He built a cabin tavern at the corner of Euclid and East 107th and added a store, served as Justice of the Peace, postmaster, and clergyman.
Farms were prospering, and the new road from Doan's corners to Newburgh was a popular thoroughfare. It wasn't until the building of the Ohio canal in the 1800's that Doan's corners seemed to slow in traffic, but was the advent of the dynamic growth of Cleveland.
Doan died in his Tavern in 1815.∼Emigrated with his family in 1798 to become one of thr first permanent settlers of Cleveland, OH. He settled on Euclid Ave about four miles form the Cuyahoga river where the road intersects the road from Newburg and Euclid. The area became what is know as Doan's Corners. Nathaniel was the Blacksmith of the Land Company during the survey was to keep their pack horses well shod. in 1798 he erected a rude shop on the south side of Superior St. In 1804 he was made 1st Lieutenant in the 1st Militia company. He died at Doan's Corners. His daughter - The widow of Edward Badwin who was once the sheriff and treasurer of Cuyahoga County.
Nathaniel Doan arrived in Cleveland, Ohio about 1798 from Chatham, Connecticut, with his family. He had a wife, son, three daughters, and a contract with the Connecticut Land Company. He was a member of Moses Cleaveland's original surveying party.
The Connecticut Land Company offered him, if he would establish a blacksmith shop on the banks of the Cuyahoga and keep it there one year to serve the settlers, he would receive title to ten acres.
Nathaniel and Sarah Doan and their six children settled beside the Doan Brook. This area became the ford on the main road between Buffalo and Cleveland; now it's the intersection of Euclid Avenue and East 105th Street.
In 1815 the original Buffalo Road became known as Euclid Avenue. This road was the original Indian trail along Lake Erie between Cleveland, OH. and Buffalo, NY.
He built a cabin tavern at the corner of Euclid and East 107th and added a store, served as Justice of the Peace, postmaster, and clergyman.
Farms were prospering, and the new road from Doan's corners to Newburgh was a popular thoroughfare. It wasn't until the building of the Ohio canal in the 1800's that Doan's corners seemed to slow in traffic, but was the advent of the dynamic growth of Cleveland.
Doan died in his Tavern in 1815.∼Emigrated with his family in 1798 to become one of thr first permanent settlers of Cleveland, OH. He settled on Euclid Ave about four miles form the Cuyahoga river where the road intersects the road from Newburg and Euclid. The area became what is know as Doan's Corners. Nathaniel was the Blacksmith of the Land Company during the survey was to keep their pack horses well shod. in 1798 he erected a rude shop on the south side of Superior St. In 1804 he was made 1st Lieutenant in the 1st Militia company. He died at Doan's Corners. His daughter - The widow of Edward Badwin who was once the sheriff and treasurer of Cuyahoga County.
The Connecticut Land Company offered him, if he would establish a blacksmith shop on the banks of the Cuyahoga and keep it there one year to serve the settlers, he would receive title to ten acres.
Nathaniel and Sarah Doan and their six children settled beside the Doan Brook. This area became the ford on the main road between Buffalo and Cleveland; now it's the intersection of Euclid Avenue and East 105th Street.
In 1815 the original Buffalo Road became known as Euclid Avenue. This road was the original Indian trail along Lake Erie between Cleveland, OH. and Buffalo, NY.
He built a cabin tavern at the corner of Euclid and East 107th and added a store, served as Justice of the Peace, postmaster, and clergyman.
Farms were prospering, and the new road from Doan's corners to Newburgh was a popular thoroughfare. It wasn't until the building of the Ohio canal in the 1800's that Doan's corners seemed to slow in traffic, but was the advent of the dynamic growth of Cleveland.
Doan died in his Tavern in 1815.∼Emigrated with his family in 1798 to become one of thr first permanent settlers of Cleveland, OH. He settled on Euclid Ave about four miles form the Cuyahoga river where the road intersects the road from Newburg and Euclid. The area became what is know as Doan's Corners. Nathaniel was the Blacksmith of the Land Company during the survey was to keep their pack horses well shod. in 1798 he erected a rude shop on the south side of Superior St. In 1804 he was made 1st Lieutenant in the 1st Militia company. He died at Doan's Corners. His daughter - The widow of Edward Badwin who was once the sheriff and treasurer of Cuyahoga County.
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