Author Archives: Donna Webb

(Pachysandra terminalis) An evergreen ground cover from Japan found in a neglected lawn SW of Hickory Street, NW of Maple and NE of the Cuyahoga Valley RR line. It was uncommon before l900.

Used to harness water power. A vertical water wheel the circumference of which is covered with cavities or buckets and is turned by water that shoots over the top, filling the buckets on the farther … more →

(Matteuccia struthiopteris) A tall and elegant fern found in the neglected garden plot northwest of the Mustill Store. Its graceful bipinnatifid fronds grow in a circle from an erect rootstock. The sporophylls are pinnate with … more →

Canal slang for a jug of whiskey. According to Pearl Nye “once back at Lock 15 a man got too ‘heavy’ at the bar, and taking a jug of whiskey under his arm, walked out … more →

Also called the Ohio-Erie Canal or the Ohio Canal. Most canals were named for the two bodies of water they connected. This waterway was built to connect Lake Erie with the Ohio River, allowing water … more →

Any tree or shrub of the genus Quercus and of the related genus Lithocarpus. In our park, most often seen as red or white oak, monumental, towering trees of north eastern Ohio. Oak was used … more →