Forest City (1851)

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   Forest City?  Forest?  City?  Isn't that an anomaly?
   Someone asked if I needed anything in the Cleveland Public Library.
   The DICTIONARY OF AMERICANISMS has 1858 for Forest City (Portland) and
1859 for Forest City (Cleveland).


(ANCESTRY.COM)
   5 March 1851, OHIO REPOSITORY (Canton, Ohio), pg. 2?, col. 2:
   The Queen City and the Forest City--objects alike of our admiration &
regard--"twin stars of the State," hitherto widely separated, now join in mutual
greetings, and together enter upon a new path of prosperity.


(MAKING OF AMERICA--MICHIGAN)
Title: The Ohio railroad guide; illustrated and descriptive.
Publication date: 1852.
Collection: Making of America Books
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   We are now about to start for Cleveland.  The Queen City is behind us.
The Forest City is before us.
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   C:EVELAND--the Forest City--is now before us, at the mouth of the
Cuyahoga, on the shore of beautiful Lake Erie, and is, perhaps, the handsomest town in
America.  (...)  How it was called "Forest City," we know not, though a
friend who sometimes figures in the newspapers over the signature of "OTSEGO,"
claimed to have baptized it.  Its best streets are lined with lofty trees, giving
it the rural and pleasant air which reminds us of a city in the forest.


(MAKING OF AMERICA--MICHIGAN)
Author: Larrabee, Prof.
Title: Vacation Rambles
Publication Info.: The Ladies' repository: a monthly periodical, devoted to
literature, arts, and religion. / Volume 12, Issue 1, Jan 1852, pp.16-19
Collection: Making of America Journal Articles
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   THERE seems to be, of late, much competition among the cities for favorite
epithets.  No less than three--Cleveland on the Lake, Middletown on the
Connecticut, and Portland on the Atlantic--are aspiring to be called the "Forest
City."  How they will settle the question among them is uncertain.  I believe,
however, New Haven alone claims to be by pre-eminence the "City of Elms."  I
had often heard of the beauty of New Haven, of the magnifluence of her grand old
elms, of her neat and tidy streets, of the comfort and elegance of her homes,
and of the fame of her ancient college.

(OT: Good luck in Cleveland!  Bring a flashlight and don't drink the water or
eat the ice cream!--ed.)