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Did You Know That . . . . .
Perkins Square, across from Children's Hospital, was designated to be the "downtown" of Akron?

The University of Akron (founded 1870) was built on a cemetery?

Thomas Edison was married in Akron at the home of his bride, Mina Miller?

The initials in B.F. Goodrich's name stand for Benjamin Franklin?

The world's largest dirigibles were built in Akron in the Goodyear Zeppelin dock, once the world's largest building without interior supports?

The world's first course in rubber chemistry was taught at Buchtel College (now the University of Akron) in 1908?

A continental divide runs through Akron, causing the Ohio Canal to drain both North to Lake Erie and South to the Ohio River?

The Street, Portage Path, was for 20 years the westernmost boundary of the United States?

From: Your Tour Through Akron - A do-it-yourself guide by Shirley Bellowe 1975