High Bridge Glens history talk - Glens' ties to Silver Lake Park explored at Stow Historical Society meeting

High Bridge Glens' ties to Silver Lake Park focus of Sept. 24 meeting of Stow Historical Society

The Stow Historical Society will hold its next meeting on Mon., Sept. 24 in the Community Room of the Stow Safety Center, located behind Stow City Hall.

Stow City Hall is located at the intersection of Graham Road and Route 91 (Darrow Road). To reach the Safety Center, enter via the driveway on Graham Road and follow it back to the Safety Center.

The meeting, which is free and open to the public, begins at 7 p.m., and will feature a slide presentation by local historian Mary McClure, who will discuss the role that the High Bridge Glens and Caves park, which operated in Cuyahoga Falls in the late 1800s, played in the growth and development of Silver Lake Park. High Bridge Glens was once one of the leading tourist destinations in the state of Ohio and is said to have had one of the first roller coasters in the U.S.

McClure, a Stow resident and native of Cuyahoga Falls, is a freelance writer who has been researching the Glens and collecting artifacts from the park for more than a decade. She recently published a pictorial history of the park, High Bridge Glens of Cuyahoga Falls, part of Arcadia Publishing’s Images of America series.

Copies of the book will be available for purchase and signing following the presentation.