Area History of the Doan Brook 1796: First permanent settler
came to the Cleveland area. 1799: Nathaniel and Sarah Doan and
their six children settled beside the Doan Brook. This area
became the ford on the main road between Buffalo and Cleveland;
now it's the intersection of Euclid Avenue and East 105th
Street). 1811: Jacob Russell, a Revolutionary war veteran,
purchased 475 acres of land in the upper Doan Brook watershed.
They return the following year to build a cabin, plant crops,
and relocate their extended family of 20. It is now the
intersection of South Park Boulevard and Lee Road. 1822: The
North Union Shaker Community was started by Ralph Russell,
JacobRussell's son, who had become a Shaker. The community, with
as many as 300 members, originally occupied the area along Lee
Rd. between Shaker Blvd. and South Park. The Shakers built the
two Shaker Lakes, Lower Lake and Horseshoe Lake, on Doan Brook
to power their sawmills, grist mills and woolen mill. Early
1880s: Jephtha Wade, William Gordon, John D.