Rooms for rent around Toledo, OH

Toledo is a city in Ohio. Toledo is located at the mouth of the river Momi in the place of its confluence with Lake Erie. Toledo is an international seaport with more than 100 nationalities. Toledo is also quite a large industrial center, the region, where the large enterprises-manufacturers of glass, ovens-Illinois, ovens-Corning, Libby, as well as the plant for the production of the legendary models of jeeps; Jeep Rengler and Jeep Liberty. More than 25 years ago, on the basis Of the Museum of Fine Arts of Toledo, 8th in the ranking of museums of fine arts of the USA, was organized Studio to promote glass. Despite the economic decline in the North-Western region of the United States in recent years, called the "times of the Rust Belt", Toledo exports products for more than 1 billion dollars, as well as actively maintains relations with 7 sister cities around the world. By the time the first settlers arrived, the territory at the mouth of the Momi river had been inhabited by the Erie Indian tribes. The first settlers were the French, who built a trading point here in 1680 and also built the Fort on the site of today's Toledo in 1700. After the war between the French colonists and Indians, the territory passed to Great Britain in 1763. At the beginning of the American revolution, in 1783, the territory was ceded to the United States, and in 1787 was included in the North-Western Territories. The native Americans resisted the settlers until in 1794 they were defeated by the U.S. armed forces under General Anthony Wayne in the so-called battle of fallen trees, which took place near the South of the modern city. During the war of 1812, the region was not affected by the massive fortification line of Fort Meigs on the river Momi, as well as by the defeat of the British at the battle of Lake Erie. In 1817, the port of Lawrence was founded on the North-Eastern Bank of the river Momi. In 1833, the port of Lawrence merged with the village of the Vistula, north of the port, and was named Toledo, in honor of the city in Spain. The reason for choosing this name is still not clear. One version claims that the works of the American writer Washington Irving about Spain, popular at that time, played a role in this decision. The first visitors of the Spanish city of Toledo came to American Toledo in Ohio in 1876, and their visit resulted in the signing of the agreement on the establishment of a partnership as sister cities in 1934., one of the first agreements of this kind. The glass industry came to Toledo in 1888, when entrepreneur Edward Libby closed his production in Massachusetts and transferred it, along with 100 workers, to Toledo. The automotive industry received a significant boost in 1908. together with the opening of the production of small cars at the Willis-Overland plant, which in 1941 was converted to the production of jeeps – the most famous model of the car during the II world war. As a multi-ethnic city with more than 100 nationalities, Toledo is a medium-sized city with a large Central part. Trade Union movement in the trade sector and the progressive movement have developed in Toledo. In this city were born such outstanding personalities as Gloria Steinem, founder NOW, Art Tatum and founder of the bebop style in jazz, as well as the greatest American actors-comedians of the 20th century Danny Thomas and Jamie Farr.