Letter: A bit of Streetsboro history

“A 1916 article from the Kent Tribune which my grandfather had in his stash,” writes Mac Clapp.

Letter: A bit of Streetsboro history

- Letter to the editor

I was glad that Wendy gave my great-great-grandfather, Samuel Olin a mention in her Streetsboro’s 200th Birthday article, as he donated the land for the Evergreen Cemetery.

In actuality the Olin family held a lot of land in Streetsboro. Samuel owned all of the property on both sides of Diagonal Road from Streetsboro into Kent.

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