Author Archives: Donna Webb

Twentieth president of the United States. Served as hoggie or mule boy, one summer for the “Morning Star” on the Cleveland-Akron stretch of the canal.

Vessel built to carry products such as wheat pork, wool, corn, oats, fish, salt, whiskey, coal, lumber, clay products and pig iron. Traveled more slowly than the Packet boats. Usually had three cabins, with two … more →

A fine, powdery substance made by grinding grain, especially wheat. The largest flouring mills in the state were in Akron. In l827, immediately after the opening of the canal, farmers in Portage County went into … more →

Fish in the canal included: bullheads, chubs, bluegill, rockbass and catfish.

A channel to bring water into the canal. The Little Cuyahoga Feeder entered the Canal just north of lock 15 making the towpath a little narrower there.

Often a converted freight boat with the cargo hold decked over. These became more prevalent in the waning days of the canal when less freight was hauled.