University of Toledo - Blockhouse Yearbook (Toledo, OH)

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University of Toledo, Spain OLEDO was the seat of' a university for four hundred years. Later the faculty of this university was absorbed by that of the University of Madrid. The building, then a university, is tfrday occupied by an important State institute, ,,,,.......-.0-JP'

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General View, Toledo, Ohio Toledo, Ohio ULEDO stands on historic ground. Ac- cording to Nevin O. Winter, local histor- ian, the shadowy claim of Spain was followed by the actual sovereignty of France over the sofcalled New France, which lasted until 1763, the year of Pontiac's conspiracy. That famous Indian chief camped many times on the shores of the Maumee where great industrial plants and railroad terminals are now located. The British occupancy lasted, with a brief interval after Wayne's victory at Fallen Timf bers, until the decisive defeat at Fort Meigs in 1813. Toledo had a humble beginning and when compared with the city for which it was named, the majestic old walled city with its memories of the conquering Moors, it is still in its infancy. There are those still living who paddled canoes and skated on the sites of towering skyscrapers and caught frogs in stagnant pools where great institutions and busy stores now serve the people. This is typical of the startling newness of these great cities of America. The site upon which Toledo now stands has been known by several names. Upon the wall of a building on the northeast corner of Monroe and Summit streets is an inscription reading, This building stands upon the site of Fort Industry, a stockade erected by General Anthony Wayne in 1794. Later in 1817 two rival towns, Port Lawrence and Vistula, were platted. The first building in Port Lawrence, a two-story log warehouse, was erected at the mouth of the Swan Creek about 1820. Its completion was the occasion for cele- bration among the pioneers. By 1823, two log ware' houses and a few small huts clustered about Summit and Monroe streets, the site of old Fort Industry. Near Cherry and Summit streets dwelt Major Benjamin Franklin Stickney, who became dissatisfied with Port Lawrence and laid out the rival town of Vistula, which began at Orange street and extended down the river several blocks. At a public meeting of Port Lawrence and Vistula citizens in 1833 it was agreed to unite the two settlements under a new name. Several persons have been credited with being the first to propose the name Toledo, but the generally ac' cepted story is that the name was suggested by Willard j. Daniels, a merchant of Vistula. He had been read- ing Spanish history and suggested the name Toledo, the same as that of the ancient capitol of Spain, using the argument that the word was easily pronounced, was pleasant in sound, and that there was no place of that name on the western continent. His suggestion was accepted and, in 1837, the city was incorporated under this name. john H. Doyle in his book, A Story Qf Early Toledo, gives james Irvin Brown, a newspaper editor, the credit for suggesting the name. In 1833 Jessup W. Scott arrived at Perrysburg and began publishing the Miami ofthe Lake, the first newsf paper of the Maumee Valley. Soon afterwards he moved to Toledo where he became a prominent busi- ness leader. With wise foresight he purchased seventy acres of land just west of the business center at 3912.00 an acre, which is now worth millions. When he died, he left a quarter of a section of land and some money to establish the Toledo University of Arts and Trades. From this small endowment has developed our great municipal university. One century later, Toledo, with a population of 300,000, is a city of many public buildings and parks, institutions of all kinds, fully equipped hospitals, and is an industrial center. Its schools rank with the best when compared with-those in other cities of its size. lt has one of the largest museums and one of the most complete zoos in the country. In size it is the third largest railroad center, and as a shipping port, it has a natural harbor which assures its importance as a future world port upon the completion of the St. Lawrence Waterway. Today, we point to our Toledo with pride in its past and assurance for its future.

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In titute twrmerlx tht llnivf.rsity,T which is the pride ofthe province. ln addif numerous elementary famous Alcazar palace is today a Government Military Academy, ' k' d. without doubt, All the buildings oc p tions are monuments of tion to this, there are schools. Also the one of the best of its in cu ied by these educational institu art comprising a varied range of styles and epochs. For instance, the College oi' Santa Catalina, presents the final develop, rich so sumptuous that one ment of art, so , - ' ' ' ' l ' ver- l t the new civilization was t regrets tia ' c ot cultif mitted its disappearance, thus n vating g ' ' ' ' 1 olclen days enius like that of thost E, fi? -:Sf 52.31 fi? . -5:-gs 1 i sl l 3 7 3 l, I M .QQ ' 'frm . l l , L nledn, Spain