THIS CACHE IS PLACED IN
THE CITY OF HURON OHIO. I AM NOT SURE WHY THIS BEAUTIFUL LAKE
FRONT TOWN HAS BEEN LEFT ALONE? WELL NOT ANY MORE!!! THIS
TOWN HAS NOT HAD ANY CACHES FOR A LONG TIME. THIS CACHE IS
PLACED IN A SMALL PARK NEXT TO THE HURON BOAT BASIN. YOU WILL
FIND PLACES TO HAVE LUNCH AND SWINGS THAT ARE PLACED ALONG
THE BASIN. ENJOY THE CACHE AND BRING A PEN AND
CAMERA.
Huron was at the center of the
"Firelands" of the Connecticut Western Reserve, lands offered to
residents of Connecticut who had lost property to British raiders
during the American Revolutionary War. The first settler in the
area that became Huron was a Quebec-born trapper, trader and
interpreter named John Baptiste Flemmond, who established a trading
post along the east bank of the Huron River (Ohio) in 1792.The
village of Huron was incorporated in 1809. Port facilities on the
west bank of the Huron River were developed in the 1820's and the
town became a major ship building center in the 1830's. The
Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway greatly expanded Huron's port on the
east bank of the Huron River beginning in 1880. The first cargo of
iron ore at the W&LE docks was received May 21, 1884. The port
is still in use today, accepting cargoes of iron ore and limestone
from lake freighters. Huron was also the home port of several
commercial fishing fleets before lake pollution decimated the
industry on Lake Erie in the early 1970's.Commercial and industrial
development had historically been centered around the port area. By
the early 1960's a busy downtown business district had developed,
serving local residents and summer tourists. However, with
improvements to U.S. Route 6 and Ohio Route 2 bypassing the
downtown area and enabling quicker travel to larger neighboring
cities, downtown Huron went into decline. Starting in 1967, the
City of Huron embarked on a controversial urban renewal program
with funding from the U.S. federal government. The city used
eminent domain to purchase and demolish 38 commercial buildings and
private homes; then built a municipal marina, called the Huron Boat
Basin, as the focal point of a new downtown. While the "Boat Basin"
has become a popular community park and gathering place; extensive
redevelopment of the downtown area did not occur as envisoned. New
industry and commercial development has more recently occurred on
the southern and western city limits.
