From Skilled Hands

Changing the Course: A My Town Monday Post

By fromskilledhands ( May 17, 2009 at 7:00 pm) · Filed under Cuyahoga Valley, Giveaway, My Town Monday, Peninsula, Questions, Spring Stroll, Giveaway, My Town Monday, Peninsula, Spring Stroll

The Village of Peninsula, OH, population 601, is an inland town. Gerry asked what many folks want to know: how did the Village get its name?

Look at the map below. You see the Cuyahoga River on the left side of the map, and a loop in the center of the photo. The loop is where the River flowed before its course was changed. In April, 2008, I wrote:

The Village of Peninsula, population 602, is nestled in the hills where the Cuyahoga River bends sharply. Years ago, before the Valley Railway came through town, the old river made a meander that formed a peninsula. When the train was planned, 2 bridges would have needed to be engineered and built in order to cross the crooked river called the Cuyahoga. Instead of doing that, the engineers decided to cut through the neck of Peninsula’s peninsula, changing the course of the Cuyahoga.

If you want to see who is coming to the Village next weekend, fly on over here.

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Travis Erwin is My Town Monday’s Chief Marauder. Meander on over to his place, where he has played hookie, and you will not only find out how he did that, but you will also find links to other blogs all over this fine blue planet.

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The winner of last week’s high tech drawing is Mary, who always has something interesting to say. Post a comment this week and you, too, will be entered into a give-away where you can win some cool stuff from the Village of Peninsula.

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12 comments »

Mary said,

May 18, 2009 @ 12:10 am

Next week-end should be delightful. I’m sure “they” remember when the river was connected.
Eryl said,

May 18, 2009 @ 6:21 am

Fascinating stuff.
Kim Ayres said,

May 18, 2009 @ 7:04 am

So there’s been a population shift of 1 in the last 13 months. Is that single, or accumulative?
rudeek said,

May 18, 2009 @ 9:13 am

Now this is interesting. Those engineers are always thinking outside the box, but what kind of ramifications resulted from the them altering the river’s path?
fromskilledhands said,

May 18, 2009 @ 10:00 am

Kim–the national census will be in 2010. Then we’ll see what the actual figure is. The reason for the change in population is here.

rudeek–Flooding has been a problem, but it could also be due to development and the filling of wetlands.
Barbara Martin said,

May 18, 2009 @ 12:19 pm

Courses of rivers have always interested me. Very neat.
Kim Ayres said,

May 18, 2009 @ 1:58 pm

My apologies – missed that post.
Jenn Jilks said,

May 18, 2009 @ 5:14 pm

I love those over head shots!
Travis Erwin said,

May 18, 2009 @ 11:21 pm

Cool. Now we know.
cloudia said,

May 18, 2009 @ 11:21 pm

Sounds like a nice place to live!
Aloha-
Lydia said,

May 24, 2009 @ 3:36 am

I really learned something from this post! and I love the garden photos in the one that followed it. Simply beautiful.
gerry rosser said,

May 26, 2009 @ 8:56 am

Thanks for the explanation.