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Lorenzo Carter, Cleveland's First Ship Builder Lorenzo Carter (1767-1814) left his home of Vermont and arrived in Cleveland on May 2, 1797, a little less than a year after Moses Cleaveland's surveying party had laid out the town and promptly headed back to Connecticut. This hardworking man decided to make Cleveland his home and built a small log cabin on the east bank of the Cuyahoga River. Despite the hardships the swampy, malarial Cuyahoga brought to his family, Carter made a living in Cleveland by trading furs with local Indians, farming, and running the Carter Tavern, which served as an inn and tavern as well as an informal town hall and community meeting place. He built the first boat at Cleveland in 1808 that leads off our listing. The busy Carter also ran a ferry service across the river and was Cleveland's first constable, or police officer. Had Lorenzo Carter and his family decided not to stick it out in Cleveland, the city may not have developed as quickly as it did. He died in 1814 and is buried alongside Rebecca in Erie Street Cemetery. Copyright © 2017 Martha Wright Moon All Rights Reserved Printed 48 Hours Books.com, Akron, Ohio