Shaker History: A Timeline

This timeline offers a glimpse into events that shaped the history of Warrensville Township settlers, the North Union Shakers and the City of Shaker Heights. It is a work in progress.


Sources

Cleveland Memory. One image, cited on timeline event. http://www.clevelandmemory.org/

Dawson, Virginia P. “Chronology of North Union: The Valley of God’s Pleasure.” 2000: 1.

Dawson, Virginia P. Hands on the Past: Celebrating the First 50 Years of the Shaker Historical Society. Shaker Heights: Shaker Historical Society, 1997.

Dawson, Virginia P. “Shaker Chronology.” 2000: 1.

“The Van Sweringen History.” 2000: 1-3.

 

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