The WHEELING & LAKE ERIE RAILROAD, planned to run from the Ohio River through the coal fields of southeastern Ohio to ports on Lake Erie, was founded in 1871. By 1877 only 13.5 mi. of track had been ...

In addition, enslaved people used the towpath along the canal as part of the Underground Railroad to flee to Canada. The canal has an unofficial song. Thomas Allen wrote an ode to the Erie Canal ...

A. The 27-mile-long Middlesex Canal in Massachusetts. It was in use in 1803 and was one of the first canals built in America.

According to Budd, with a few added facts confirming his account, the story goes that Brice, who was president of the Lake Erie and Western Railroad ... Smiley was located about four miles west of ...

With federal financial support, the Indiana General Assembly commissioned the Wabash and Erie Canal in 1828 ... and Bellefontaine was the first railroad through Delaware County, arriving in ...

Used car prices in Erie have increased by 2.9%, or $831, over the past year, outpacing the 2% national average increase, according to a new study from iSeeCars. The study analyzed more than 2.4 ...

On a cloudy overcast day, Conrail Engine 7544 pulled a line of passenger cars into Washington Court House on Saturday, June ...

Overdose deaths in Erie County have decreased by approximately 40%, a significant improvement that Erie County Coroner Lyell Cook is pleased to report. The reduction in overdose deaths is ...

He attended and graduated from Lima Senior High School in 1964. He worked for Lima Citizen, Lima News, Carey Superette, Erie Lackawanna Railroad, Nickel Plate Railroad, Norfolk-Southern Railroad, ...