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A cross cut canal. Waterway built to connect the Ohio Canal with the the Ohio River just below Pittsburgh. PA. Completed in l840, it ran down the middle of Main Street and connected with the … more →

Surveyor and land agent for the Erie Land Company, he acquired 1,003 acres in l806 by satisfying an unpaid tax bill for $4.01. This land included 2/3 of the land just below the Portage Summit … more →

Resident of 270 Ferndale three doors from the Mustill store. His family had owned the propertiy since the early l900’s. He was an eccentric and committed observer of the canal and amassed a very large … more →

Located at 264 Ferndale, the cement stairs lead up to a brick sidewalk in the yard of a house (since torn down) owned by B.D.Welton in l910.

An implement used to cut, lift, invert, and partly pulverize soil usually for agricultural purposes. The making of plows was one of the early businesses of Dr. Eliakim Crosby, builder of the Cascade Mill Race … more →

(Rhus radicans) Weedy native plant found in the park. It’s leaflets are always in threes, flowers and berries are greenish white. An oil called urushiol found in the plant causes blisters and a skin rash. … more →