32 Dunham Road/Little Egypt Area of Walton Hills - Walton Hills, Ohio

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NEW WALL HANGING oV X06 UJa i 4 on DISPLAY at the HISTORICAL CENTER VILLAGE HALL COMMUNITY ROOM by Tean and Bob Kainsinger In the late 1880 s Dominick Carey designed Maple Wood Stock Farm to satisfy his passion for raising race horses He built his horse training track facility on the part of the Gleeson family land holdings that are now the Astorhurst restaurant and golf course Cazey sblueprint ofMaple Wood Stock Farm not only illustrates the horse facility but shows the original path of Tinker sCreek and Egypt Dunham Road before they were rerouted by the County in 1907 and the Edmond Gleeson grave site Carey sblueprint is now on exhibit in the Community Room MAPLE WOOD STOCK FARM Late 1880 s 1918 The Astorhurst Restaurant and GolfCourse occupy that land today THE COMSTOCK GLEESON CAREY ASTORHLJRST STORY The Astorhutst land is the location of the first settlement in Bedford Township This was first site cleared by settlers for their cabin and farm COMSTOCKS AND GLEESONS Stephen and Julia Comstock bought land from the Connecticut Land Company along that section of Tinker sCreek Road When their daughter Sarah was bom in 1815 she became the first child bom of settlers in Bedford Township In 1814 Moses and Polly Gleeson settled on land bordering the Comstock property The Gleeson grist mill was one of the principal grist mills in the township Remains ofthe grist millcan still be seen by the Astorhurst Restaurant Gleeson sson Edmond marred the Comstock daughter Charlotte The young couple was given aparcel oflandfrom their parents properties along Tinker s Creek Road Later they inherited a lot of acreage along both sides Egypt Road Dunham Road including and abutting the Astorhurst The grave of Edmond Gleeson who died iri 1854 is perched on Egypt Mound along with remnants of his gravestone and iron fencing Egypt Mound is nowpart ofthe Cuyahoga Valley National Park land 5 s Q 1 I oF 3
LITTLE EGYPT NEW WALL HANGING on DISPLAY page 2 at the HISTORICAL CENTER uJtewrn s Astorhurst land and adjoining acreage to the east north and south became the community ofLittle Egypt County Atlas maps of 1874 show Little Egypt as having a cluster of several houses aschool a grist mill a saw mill an inn and a tavern CL ARA GLEESON CAREY sdaughter Clara described in newspaper articles as a refined cultured Edmond and Charlotte Gleeson and educated lady who had ashrewd business mind owned and managed World s End world s End was a stage coach inn perched on the east hillside ofEgypt Road across from today s Astorhurst driving range It was a stop along theCleveland Pittsburgh Stage Route Clara Gleeson met her match when Dominick Cazey stayed at the Inn while working on ajob for the Wheeling LakeErie Railroad In 1881 they married and chose to make World s End theirresidence DOMINICK CAREY Before he met Clara Gleeson Dominick Carey helped build the New Groton Aqueduct in New York With his construction talents and Clara s money they developed a conshvction company that employed from 700 to 1200 men at one timemaking afortune and a name for themselves Newspaper articles credit Dominick Carey with participation in the construction of the New York Citysubwayand the Sandusky Bay Causeway and Bridge Tragically in 1892 only eleven years after they were married Dominick Cazey drowned during a storm while overseeing flood damage to the Main Street Bridge over the Ohio River in Wheeling West Virginia He was 48 years old This stone bridge which Carey designed and his companybuilt was considered the greatest stone azch in the United States at the time His achievements are recorded in lengthy obituaries in a number of newspapers MAPLE WOOD STOCK FARM One of Dominick Cazey s special interests was raising horses and trading horses Because of Cazey s work Ioad he probably hired managers to take over the daily operation of the facility Dominick and Clara Carey s eldest son Howard managed the Maple Wood Stock Farm business some years later when he was out ofschool Howazd Carey trained trotters and pacers racing them at Grantwood and Cranwood Race Tracks in southeast Cleveland Howard ran the training track until the familysold their Maple Wood Stock Farm acreage to Philip and Mary Astor in 1918 HOWARD CAREY Howard Carey his wife Gertrude and their grandson Howard Fradette continued to live in the old stage coach inn until it burned down in 1936 or 1937 After the fire Howard built anew house on the property Years later in 1951 when Walton Hills was incorporated Howard Carey was elected to Council serving with our first group of Councilmen The site of World s End and Howazd Cazey s house are now part of The Cuyahoga Valley National Recreation Park FRADETTE The blueprint of Maple Wood Stock Farm along with several historical documents dating back to the Gleesons the Caret sand our fast Mayor and Council were the property of Howazd and Lois Fradette 6975 Dunham Road Howazd has passed on but Lois graciously donated the materials knowing that Howazd would bepleased that his family s heritage is on display at the Walton Hills Historical Center 6 s
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