Ohio and Erie Canal - Notable Persons Associated With The Canal

Notable Persons Associated With The Canal

  • As a teenager in 1847, James Garfield worked as a Hoggee, driving mules to pull barges along the canal. After repeatedly falling into the canal on the job, Garfield became ill, and decided to go to college instead.

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