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The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company became America's top tire manufacturer and Akron was granted the moniker of “The Rubber Capital of the World”. Goodyear's president, F.A. Seiberling, had been building homes costing around $3,500 for employees in what would become known as Goodyear Heights. Likewise, Harvey Firestone began building employee homes in what would be called Firestone Park. These leaders were responding to the housing crunch caused by the boom in the rubber business.
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Akron, Ohio, is located on the Little Cuyahoga River, and was once the heart of the nation's rubber industry. Akron still contains the headquarters of some rubber and chemical and polymer corporations. Its many manufactures range from fishing tackle to plastics, missiles, rubber, and heavy machinery. Known as a city of “firsts,” some of those include: first balloon tires, first automobile tires made in the United States, first U.S. toy company and first artificial fish bait made. The cornucopia ice cream cone was created at the 1904 World's Fair.
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Because of physical obstacles — the steep hill on West Market Street, the Little Cuyahoga Valley, and the swamp south of the City – Akron grew to the east. This encouraged the annexation of Spicertown, centered on Spicer and Exchange, and then Middlebury, which was centered where the Arlington and Market Street commercial area is now located.
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CLEVELAND, May 18 /PRNewswire/ -- The Ohio Assembly of Councils is hosting the 2004 All Ohio Trade Fair Conference and Expo June 7-9 in Akron, Ohio. The three-day event will kick off with the All Ohio Trade Fair Golf Classic at the Silver Lake Country Club on June 7. The Conference and Expo will be held at the John S. Knight Center, 77 East Mill St., June 8-9.
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Akron and nearby Canton are often referred to as a single region or considered twin cities. The Akron-Canton Regional Airport is one of many places near the city that is named for both places. While the U.S. Census Bureau still counts the two metropolitan areas separately, if combined, the total population of the Akron-Canton area would equal 1,101,894 people.
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GREEN, Ohio -- The Akron-Canton Airport (CAK) is hitting the road for the holidays. You've used CAK for your travels and now CAK is coming to you and spreading holiday cheer through a CAK Attack Saturday, December 15 from 10 to 4 at Legacy Village in Lyndhurst.
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