Editing Geneva-on-the-Lake, Ohio (section)

==History==
[[File:Four Gable Place, Geneva on the Lake LCCN2007661172.tif|thumb|left|Four Gable Place (1913)]]
Settlement of the original area known as the [[Connecticut Western Reserve]] started in the early 1800s, as investors, farmers, and frontiersmen from [[New England]] and the [[Mid-Atlantic (United States)|Mid-Atlantic]] began to farm in the area and capitalize on the natural resources of [[Lake Erie]] and its shoreline.<ref name=koile>{{cite book|last1=Koile|first1=Wendy|title=Geneva on the Lake: A History of Ohio's First Summer Resort|date=2012|publisher=The History Press|location=Charleston, SC|isbn=978-1-60949-487-2|pages=15–17}}<!--|access-date=21 November 2014--></ref>{{rp|15–17}}  Industry along the lake shore continued to develop, including a lime burning business along Cowles Creek on the west,<ref name=koile />{{rp|19}} along with small-scale lumber processing and ship building at Indian Creek on the east.<ref name=koile />{{rp|23}}  In 1869, Cullen Spencer and Edward Pratt purchased property known as Sturgeon Point (now Mapleton Beach) and opened it as a public picnic grounds with beach access.<ref name=koile />{{rp|29}} Later, a pony-powered carousel of sorts would be added which later help establish the town as Ohio's first summer resort.<ref name=koile />{{rp|29}}

In order to accommodate more visitors, residents built and established boarding houses and inns;<ref name=koile />{{rp|29–30}} the first being what is now the Jennie Munger Gregory Museum.<ref name=koile />{{rp|27}} Vacation residences continued to grow and expand through the early 1900s to include places such as the Idle-A-While and Shady Beach Inn.<ref name=koile />{{rp|35–37}} Erieview Park was started in 1945 by E.M. "Pop" Pera,<ref>{{cite news|title=Geneva-on-the-lake erieview park is closing|url=http://www.vindy.com/news/2006/sep/08/geneva-on-the-lake-erieview-park-is-closing-area/|access-date=November 21, 2014|work=The Youngstown Vindicator|date=September 8, 2006}}</ref> and it grew to include nine adult and nine children's amusement park rides including The Fright Zone, one of three scary dark rides created by the Allen Herschel Co.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Trax Page|first1=Margie|title=Scary times over in GOTL, but...|url=http://www.starbeacon.com/news/local_news/scary-times-over-in-gotl-but/article_f36d43e0-4c8b-52f4-a340-1681455a2288.html|access-date=November 21, 2014|work=The Star Beacon|date=October 8, 2006}}</ref>  The park closed in 2006, but the Ferris wheel and carousel are still in operation nearby.  Starting in 1964 with the purchase of Chestnut Grove, portions of land which were to become the Geneva-on-the-Lake State Park continued to grow through 1974 to include cabins, campgrounds, and a swimming beach.<ref>{{cite web|title=Geneva-on-the-Lake State Park|url=http://www.stateparks.com/geneva-on-the-lake_state_park_in_ohio.html|website=www.stateparks.com|access-date=November 21, 2014}}</ref>