This man led a fifty-man expedition from Schenectady that gave the name Port Independence to the mouth of Conneaut Creek.
This one time Worshipful Master of Moriah Lodge performed his most famous task for the Connecticut Land Company. This man led a fifty-man expedition from Schenectady that gave the name Port Independence to the mouth of Conneaut Creek. That expedition involved using $1,200 of whiskey and beads to bribe Mohawk and Seneca Indians. By using that bribe, this man's party was allowed to enter the (*) Western Reserve, which he was surveying when he performed his most famous action. This man's face is found on a 1936 silver half-dollar made to commemorate the Great Lakes Exposition. A bronze statue of this man appears in Public Square with his name missing the letter 'a.' For 10 points, name this man who founded a city on the shores of Lake Erie in Ohio.
This one time Worshipful Master of Moriah Lodge performed his most famous task for the Connecticut Land Company.
Moses Cleaveland