1812 Key Dates in Fairport Harbor 2012 --- 'The First Hundred Years'

2012 has been a signature year for the Village of Fairport Harbor.  As its bicentennial year winds down, it is only appropriate to look back over time and recall some key events in their history.  Today we examine its first hundred years.

                     1812 -- Key Dates in Fairport Harbor --2012

• 1200-1654  Erie Indians settlements in area
• 1669  French discover Lake Erie
• 1679  LaSalle 'Griffin' Expedition
• 1779  Moses Cleaveland surveyed area
• 1812  Grandon is established
• 1818  Walk-in-the-Water - first steamboat on Lake Erie
• 1825  Lighthouse at Grandon is built, first piers constructed
• 1825-1860  Abolitionism and Underground Railroad links to Village
• 1826  Schooner 'United States' - first ship built in Fairport
• 1836  Grandon is renamed Fairport
• 1838  East Beacon Light built
• 1845  Fairport builds schooner 'Madeline'
• 1868-1870  Nitroglycerine Company - Era in Infamy
• 1869  First Fairport Church constructed - Congregational Church on the Square
• 1870  Cavier & Fairport
• 1871  Lighthouse at Fairport is rebuilt
• 1875  New beacon light constructed
• 1876  USLSS - Station Fairport established
• 1885  Ore docks established
• 1889  Village government reappears

This timeline is posted on the Fairport Harbor Historical Society / Fairport Lighthouse and Marine Museum website - www.fairportlighthouse.com  Some 26 historical blogs retelling the history of the village appear under 'Local Lore by Max' on the News-Herald or Historical Society websites.  Most entries appeared on Thursdays in 2012.