(Plain Dealer)
The beech tree for which the city is named is spelled with two ‘e’s, while the name of the city contains the letter “a.”
Why? That’s the question two women who serve as the backbone of the Beachwood Historical Society want answered as the community prepares to celebrate its 100th anniversary in 2015.
Historical society President Rosemary Nemeth and Archivist Nancy Hart traveled Aug. 8 to Columbus to research the question and, while they found one answer, it wasn’t definitive.
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