Draft Horses for Sale near Geneva-on-the-Lake, OH

About Geneva-on-the-Lake, OH

Settlement of the original area known as The Connecticut Western Reserve started in the early 1800s, as investors, farmers, and frontiersmen from New England and the Mid Atlantic began to farm in the area and capitalize on the natural resources of Lake Erie and its shoreline. : 15–17 Industry along the lakeshore continued to develop, including a lime burning business along Cowles Creek on the west, : 19 along with small-scale lumber processing and ship building at Indian Creek on the east. : 23 In 1869, Cullen Spencer and Edward Pratt purchased property known as Sturgeon Point (now Mapleton Beach) and opened it as a public picnic grounds with beach access. : 29 In order to accommodate more visitors, residents built and established boarding houses and inns; : 29–30 the first being what is now the Jennie Munger Gregory Museum. : 27 Vacation residences continued to grow and expand through the early 1900s to include places such as the Idle-A-While and Shady Beach Inn.