Clyde

Clyde, Ohio 43410

Located on the edge of the former Great Black Swamp, Clyde, Ohio is named after Clyde, New York which was named after the River Clyde in Scotland.
Local Info Class of 1979 Check Local Gas Prices Sherwood Anderson Sherwood Anderson Bookstore Clyde Schools Airport THE CLYDE ENTERPRISE Fremont News-Messenger Weather Sandusky River Clyde in Road Trip USA Geocaching Physicians Dining Lodging Check Your ClydeOhio.net Email Local Links The Library S&J Travel Billings Sales Monticello Lodge Aerial Photos Winesburg Ca m Frolicking with Fire	The first settler in Clyde was Jesse Benton. In 1820 he built a cabin near a spring on what is now Spring Avenue. After a child drowned in the spring sometime around 1900, it was filled in, but evidence of it can still be seen. In 1820 this area was on the edge of the Great Black Swamp and Clyde was a towering forest. After a few months here Jesse sold his 80 acres to Samuel Pogue for a barrel of Whiskey which he traveled to Portland (Sandusky) to buy. Pogue lived in the Benton cabin with his family until he died in 1828 at the age of 44.			Who's on our Web Server? Benchmark Prints · Bay Area Divers · Ford Seahorses · CTS · Motion Controls Robotics · Maumee Bay Aquatics · T&G Sales · Wacky Jacks
	41.30971º N, 82.97470º W
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	Movies filmed in Clyde and the Clyde Area Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael (1990) - Clyde, Castalia, Sandusky Home in Indiana (1944) - Sandusky County Fairgrounds, Fremont Tommy Boy (1995) - Marblehead, Sandusky
	The Grand Army of the Republic Highway and The Longest Road in the United States
	Clyde Kraut Company	Looking North down Main Street just South of Forest. The building on the right hand side is the old Post Office. 1900-1911	Another view down Main Street looking North. This view is from the intersection of Forest and Main. 1900-1911

	Lakeshore Depot	Looking South from the East side down Main Street across from Railroad Street. Railroad tracks would be just behind the photographer. 1900-1911	Another view South down Main Street. Again just in front of the Railroad tracks. The large building on the left is now gone and a gas station occupies the corner. Amanda street is to the right at the tree. 1900-1911
	Clyde was once nicknamed "Little Chicago" and reportedly was once a Chicago mobster hangout. Rumor has it that Al Capone often sought refuge here. In fact, there have been many bars and night clubs in the Clyde area: The Honky Tonk Tavern (demolished), The Question Mark (now Baker Bonnigson Auctioneers), The Clyde Piper (now The Computer Medic), The Arrow Cafe', The Clyde Bar (now the Town Tavern). Clyde also had many railroads running thru downtown. The tracks to Tiffin used to run down Maple Street and beside the Methodist Church. Another set of tracks ran to Sandusky. They extended out from the tracks at the grain elevator on Burkholder Road. At present the North Coast Inland Trail follows one of the railbeds that went from Bellevue to Fremont.

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