Cleveland

Royal Castle Hamburgers??was founded in 1938 by William Singer in Miami. The chain grew to over 175 locations in Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Ohio, and Michigan.??

Buckeyes believe.

If you survived Y2K, you can survive anything!

Who knows better than a skunk that smoking stinks?

There have been some exciting games, moments, and triumphs in the history of USA hockey.

Curling dates back to 16th century Scotland. It is popular in many Northern countries, particularly Canada where it was introduced in the 19th century. The game involves players sliding stones on a sheet of ice toward a target area which is segmented into four concentric circles. It is...

Cleveland Stadium, commonly known as Municipal Stadium or Lakefront Stadium, was a multi-purpose stadium located where the Browns current stadium now stands just off West 3rd Street. Opened in 1931, it was home primarily to MLB's Indians and the NFL's Browns, though it also...

Fisher Foods, later known as Fazio's, was a supermarket chain based in Cleveland, Ohio and they are the food people.

Idora Park began welcoming visitors in 1899 and was a beloved destination for folks in the Youngstown/Warren area for generations. However, a devastating fire in 1984 destroyed the park's signature ride, the Wildcat roller coaster. The park soldiered on for one more season before...

A little ribbing between Great Lakes sibling cities. Detroit and Cleveland have a long, intertwined history that encompasses industry, sports, and entertainment.

Grover Cleveland, the 22nd and 24th President of the United States, was NOT from Cleveland, he was from New Jersey. However, he was distantly related to Moses Cleaveland (yes, spelled differently) the man for whom the city is named.

The Cleveland Press??was the city's afternoon and published from 1878 to 1982.

Webster Slaughter, number 84, was a wide receiver for the Cleveland Browns from 1986 to 1991. A favorite target of quarterback Bernie Kosar, his car had this unique license plate (though it was registered in his native California).

The Lumberjacks moved to Cleveland in 1992 from Muskegon, MI as the Internationl Hockey League (IHL) sought to place teams in bigger markets. The Jacks, as they were also known, began play in 1960 as the Zephyrs, then became the Mohawks in 1965. From...

Eliot Ness was a federal agent mostly widely known from the fictionalized portrayals of his life in the TV series the Untouchables??(1959-1963) and the 1987 movie of the same name. He became Safety Director of Cleveland in 1935 and ran unsuccessfully for mayor in...

Long before serving in Congress from 1997 to 2013, Dennis Kucinich was mayor of Cleveland from January 1978 to November 1979. His brief but controversial tenure included a battle with one of the area's major utilities as well as the city declaring bankruptcy. He...

The Cleveland Comedy Company was a locally produced sketch comedy TV show that aired on Channel 5 on Friday nights in 1979 and 1980. It was developed by popular local DJ Bob James of WGAR. The cast included fellow WGAR DJ Paul Tapie, as...

One of the first area codes issued under the North American Numbering Plan in 1947, the 216 area code once covered all of Northeast Ohio. In the mid 1990s, the 330 and 440 area codes were introduced to handle the demand for telephone numbers.

WTAM 1100 began broadcasting in 1923 from Cleveland. Over the years the station would also be known as KYW, WKYC, and from 1972 to 1996, WWWE, or 3WE. It was during the 3WE years that the station broadcast the Cleveland Cavaliers Miracle at Richfield, season...

WAKR, Channel 23, was established in 1953. It was Akron's only commercial TV station. IN 1986, it changed it's call letters to WAKC and later to WVPX.

Previously the Cleveland Stars, the Cleveland Cobras came about in 1974 and were an American soccer??club based in Cleveland, Ohio??and a member of the American Soccer League.

To borrow a line from Squints in The Sandlot, live and die Cleveland ??FOR-EV-ER!

The Vulcans played in the Continental Football League (CoFL), a tier below the NFL and AFL, for part of the 1967 season. Akron was excited to have a pro football team, but the fun only lasted four games before the team ran out of...

Burger Chef was a fast-food hamburger chain that started in Indianapolis in 1958. At its peak in the mid 1970s, it was second only to McDonald's in the number of nationwide locations. The chain even made inroads into Canada. In 1982, the chain was sold...

CKLW, 800 on the AM dial, "the Big 8," was one of Detroit's most iconic rock & roll radio stations in the '60s and '70s, even though its studios and transmitter were located across the Detroit River in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. The station's weekly...

Uncle Bill's had 5 stores in the Cleveland area in 1961 when it was acquired by Cook's. Ontario stores and 3 other Midwest discount chains were also bought by Cook's. The company also owned Pick-n-Pay stores but sold them in 1972. In 1976 it...

When it was completed in 1976 it was "the biggest mall, in all the world." It thrived for years but started to decline at the beginning of the 2000s, finally succumbing to other area shopping centers as well as Internet retailers. The mall was...

If you grew up in the Cleveland area, you remember Lockie-Lee Dairy. Founded in 1946 it was an integral part of school & family life for generations.

The Cleveland Rebels played in the Basketball Association of America,??forerunner of the NBA, for the 1946/47 season. The city would return to the NBA fold in 1970 with the formation of the Cavaliers.