Questions & Answers
"THE JOHNNY APPLE SEED OF THE OHIO & ERIE CANAL"
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QUESTIONS FREQUENTLY ASKED ABOUT THE CANAL SYSTEMS
CANAL WAYMAN. DID THE OHIO & ERIE CANAL EVER CONNECT TO THE MUSKINGUM RIVER AT DRESDEN
JUNCTION?
NO, IT DIDN'T. IT WAS INTENDED TO AND ONLY GOT WITHIN FEET OF THE RIVER. ITS FINAL DEBUT WAS TO BE 1912.
FOR NEARLY 70 YEARS, THE PLANS TO CONNECT IT NEVER MATERIALIZED.
HELLO JEFF. WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE LOCK AT RAIDERS AND BOTTOMS ROAD, AT MILE 140 ON THE
CANAL?
I DON'T KNOW OF ANY LOCK AT MILE 140 BUT THE AREA THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS MILE 150. THE AREA WAS
CALLED TRINWAY. BOTTOMS ROAD HAD A LOCK - LOCK 20. IT WAS THE BOTTOM OF THE NORTH END OF THE
LICKING SUMMIT.
JOHNNY APPLESEED. WAS THERE A GUARD LOCK ON THE WAKATOMIKA RIVER?
YES. IT WAS ON THE NORTHERN BANK ON THE DRESDEN SIDECUT AT T THE RIVER.
DEAR JEFF. THE 1988 CANAL MOTOR TOUR OF SOUTHERN OHIO CLAIMS THAT LOCK 47 IS AT A DIFFERENT
LOCATION THAN WHAT YOU HAVE CLAIMED. WHO'S RIGHT?
I'M RIGHT. THEY WERE ONE MILE OFF AND EVEN ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THEY CLAIMED IT TO BE AT
A CORNER LOT THAT HAD VISIBLE SIGNS OF STRUCTURES THAT HAD ONCE SAT THERE. THE CANAL WAS ON THE
OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE REAL LOCK 47 WAS LESS THAN ONE MILE TO THE NORTH NEXT TO GANDER
HOOK CREEK ON THE SAME SIDE OF THE ROAD. AFTER LEAVING THE LOCK, THE CANAL CROSSED OVER. I HAVE
PAPERS OF AUTHENTICITY TO PROVE IT AND FURTHERMORE, IF THEY WOULD HAVE RESEARCHED, THE FARM IS
CALLED "LOCK 18". IT GOT ITS NAME BECAUSE IT WAS 18 MILES FROM THE OHIO RIVER. IT WAS CALLED FLOWERS
MILL AND HOWARD'S MILL DURING ITS STAY AT THAT LOCATION (IT WAS LATER DISASSEMBLED AND MOVED TO
WATER ST. IN CHILLICOTHE
CANALWAYMAN. WHY HAVEN'T YOU JOINED THE ORGANIZED CANAL GROUPS?
I'VE BEEN ASKED AS MANY TIMES AS I HAVE HAIR ON MY HEAD! THE ANSWER WILL AL WAYS BE THE SAME, NO - ONLY
BECAUSE I WANT THE FREEDOM TO RESEARCH IN MY OWN WAY WITHOUT RESTRICTIONS OR INPUT FROM
OTHERS. I LIKE TO FORMULATE MY OWN CONCLUSIONS
.
HELLO JOHNNY APPLESEED. DID YOU SAY THAT YOU WERE SOON GOING TO BE DOCUMENTING THE P&O CANAL
SYSTEM? WHAT IS THE P&O CANAL AND WHERE WAS IT? CAN I BE OF HELP?
YES, I HAVE ALREADY STARTED MY RESEARCH ON THE P&O CANAL SYSTEM BEGINNING AT LOCK 1 IN AKRON. THIS
RESEARCH WILL TAKE ME MORE THAN 80 MILES TO THE EAST ENDING UP NEAR NEWCASTLE, PENNSYLVANIA ON
THE BEAVER CANAL SYSTEM. THE P&O CANAL MEANS THIS - PENNSYLVANIA & OHIO. THANKS FOR OFFERING BUT
NO. BUT, I GET GREAT SATISFACTION FROM PEOPLE LIKE YOU WHO SHOW AN INTEREST AND ARE WILLING TO
HELP.
HELLO JOHNNY APPLESEED. I AM VERY MUCH A NOVICE ON THIS OHIO & ERIE CANAL THING. I AM FROM
ARIZONA AND WAS VISITING FRIENDS AND WE ATTENDED ONE OF YOUR SPEECHES. MY QUESTION IS THIS. CAN
THIS CANALWAY STILL BE NAVIGATED AND IF SO, WHERE?
THE CANAL CANNOT BE NAVIGATED IN ITS ENTIRETY. HERE ARE A FEW OF THE PLACES WHERE THE CANAL COULD
POSSIBLY BE NAVIGATED. FROM LOCK I ON THE NORTH END OF THE PORTAGE SUMMIT THROUGH SUMMIT LAKE,
ENDING UP IN LOCK I AT THE SOUTH END OF THE PORTAGE SUMMIT A T WOLF CREEK. ANOTHER WOULD BE
NORTH OF CANAL FULTON BEGINNING NEAR LAKE LUCERNE ALL THE WAY TO LOCK 4 WHICH SITS SOUTH OF
CANAL FULTON. IN HEBRON, SOUTH OF NEWARK FOR A FEW MILES, THE CANAL COULD BE NAVIGATED CROSSING
DUCK CREEK ALONG ROUTE 360. ANOTHER WOULD BE THE SOUTH END OF BUCKEYE LAKE THROUGH
MILLERSPORT, FURTHER SOUTH, A FEW MILES JUST SOUTH OF SPUNKEY TOWN ON CANAL ROAD AROUND CANAL
MILE 240. IT'S IN PERFECT CONDITION.
CANAL WAYMAN. DID THE OHIO & ERIE CANAL EVER CONNECT TO THE MUSKINGUM RIVER AT DRESDEN
JUNCTION?
NO, IT DIDN'T. IT WAS INTENDED TO AND ONLY GOT WITHIN FEET OF THE RIVER. ITS FINAL DEBUT WAS TO BE 1912.
FOR NEARLY 70 YEARS, THE PLANS TO CONNECT IT NEVER MATERIALIZED.
HELLO JEFF. WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE LOCK AT RAIDERS AND BOTTOMS ROAD, AT MILE 140 ON THE
CANAL?
I DON'T KNOW OF ANY LOCK AT MILE 140 BUT THE AREA THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS MILE 150. THE AREA WAS
CALLED TRINWAY. BOTTOMS ROAD HAD A LOCK - LOCK 20. IT WAS THE BOTTOM OF THE NORTH END OF THE
LICKING SUMMIT.
JOHNNY APPLESEED. WAS THERE A GUARD LOCK ON THE WAKATOMIKA RIVER?
YES. IT WAS ON THE NORTHERN BANK ON THE DRESDEN SIDECUT AT T THE RIVER.
DEAR JEFF. THE 1988 CANAL MOTOR TOUR OF SOUTHERN OHIO CLAIMS THAT LOCK 47 IS AT A DIFFERENT
LOCATION THAN WHAT YOU HAVE CLAIMED. WHO'S RIGHT?
I'M RIGHT. THEY WERE ONE MILE OFF AND EVEN ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THEY CLAIMED IT TO BE AT
A CORNER LOT THAT HAD VISIBLE SIGNS OF STRUCTURES THAT HAD ONCE SAT THERE. THE CANAL WAS ON THE
OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE REAL LOCK 47 WAS LESS THAN ONE MILE TO THE NORTH NEXT TO GANDER
HOOK CREEK ON THE SAME SIDE OF THE ROAD. AFTER LEAVING THE LOCK, THE CANAL CROSSED OVER. I HAVE
PAPERS OF AUTHENTICITY TO PROVE IT AND FURTHERMORE, IF THEY WOULD HAVE RESEARCHED, THE FARM IS
CALLED "LOCK 18". IT GOT ITS NAME BECAUSE IT WAS 18 MILES FROM THE OHIO RIVER. IT WAS CALLED FLOWERS
MILL AND HOWARD'S MILL DURING ITS STAY AT THAT LOCATION (IT WAS LATER DISASSEMBLED AND MOVED TO
WATER ST. IN CHILLICOTHE
CANALWAYMAN. WHY HAVEN'T YOU JOINED THE ORGANIZED CANAL GROUPS?
I'VE BEEN ASKED AS MANY TIMES AS I HAVE HAIR ON MY HEAD! THE ANSWER WILL AL WAYS BE THE SAME, NO - ONLY
BECAUSE I WANT THE FREEDOM TO RESEARCH IN MY OWN WAY WITHOUT RESTRICTIONS OR INPUT FROM
OTHERS. I LIKE TO FORMULATE MY OWN CONCLUSIONS
.
HELLO JOHNNY APPLESEED. DID YOU SAY THAT YOU WERE SOON GOING TO BE DOCUMENTING THE P&O CANAL
SYSTEM? WHAT IS THE P&O CANAL AND WHERE WAS IT? CAN I BE OF HELP?
YES, I HAVE ALREADY STARTED MY RESEARCH ON THE P&O CANAL SYSTEM BEGINNING AT LOCK 1 IN AKRON. THIS
RESEARCH WILL TAKE ME MORE THAN 80 MILES TO THE EAST ENDING UP NEAR NEWCASTLE, PENNSYLVANIA ON
THE BEAVER CANAL SYSTEM. THE P&O CANAL MEANS THIS - PENNSYLVANIA & OHIO. THANKS FOR OFFERING BUT
NO. BUT, I GET GREAT SATISFACTION FROM PEOPLE LIKE YOU WHO SHOW AN INTEREST AND ARE WILLING TO
HELP.
HELLO JOHNNY APPLESEED. I AM VERY MUCH A NOVICE ON THIS OHIO & ERIE CANAL THING. I AM FROM
ARIZONA AND WAS VISITING FRIENDS AND WE ATTENDED ONE OF YOUR SPEECHES. MY QUESTION IS THIS. CAN
THIS CANALWAY STILL BE NAVIGATED AND IF SO, WHERE?
THE CANAL CANNOT BE NAVIGATED IN ITS ENTIRETY. HERE ARE A FEW OF THE PLACES WHERE THE CANAL COULD
POSSIBLY BE NAVIGATED. FROM LOCK I ON THE NORTH END OF THE PORTAGE SUMMIT THROUGH SUMMIT LAKE,
ENDING UP IN LOCK I AT THE SOUTH END OF THE PORTAGE SUMMIT A T WOLF CREEK. ANOTHER WOULD BE
NORTH OF CANAL FULTON BEGINNING NEAR LAKE LUCERNE ALL THE WAY TO LOCK 4 WHICH SITS SOUTH OF
CANAL FULTON. IN HEBRON, SOUTH OF NEWARK FOR A FEW MILES, THE CANAL COULD BE NAVIGATED CROSSING
DUCK CREEK ALONG ROUTE 360. ANOTHER WOULD BE THE SOUTH END OF BUCKEYE LAKE THROUGH
MILLERSPORT, FURTHER SOUTH, A FEW MILES JUST SOUTH OF SPUNKEY TOWN ON CANAL ROAD AROUND CANAL
MILE 240. IT'S IN PERFECT CONDITION.
HELLO, JEFF MAX. WE MET AT ONE OF YOUR SPEECHES ABOUT THE CANAL SYSTEM THAT RAN THROUGH AKRON
- THE OHIO & ERIE CANAL. MY WIFE AND I ARE INTRIGUED BY THE HISTORY OF THE NORTHERN END OF THE CANAL
SYSTEM. DID YOU SAY THAT ON THE NORTHERN END OF THE PORTAGE SUMMIT THERE WERE TWO LOCK ONES?
HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE?
MOST PEOPLE GET INVOLVED IN THE NORTHERN END OF THE CANAL SYSTEM FROM THE ZOAR VALLEY AROUND MILE
87 GOING NORTH TO LAKE ERIE. THE REASON IS SIMPLE. THEY HAVE ASSESSABLE TOW PATHS. SOME DAY
HOPEFULLY, THE TOW PATHS WILL ONCE AGAIN CONNECT THROUGHOUT THE STATE MAKING TRAVEL POSSIBLE
FROM CLEVELAND TO PORTSMOUTH AGAIN. THIS TIME, IT WILL BE DONE BY FOOT OR BICYCLE. THERE WERE
CERTAINLY, TWO LOCK 1 'S ON THE NORTHERN END OF THE PORTAGE SUMMIT. THEY BOTH EXISTED AT THE SAME
TIME AND AT THE SAME PLACE, ONE OF WHICH WENT NORTH DOWN THE OHIO & ERIE CANAL. THE OTHER, THE P&O
CANAL, WENT EAST ENDING UP NEAR NEWCASTLE, PA.
HELLO JEFF - THE CANALWAYMAN. PREVIOUSLY, YOU GAVE ME INFORMATION ABOUT THE TRAIN TRESTLE
BRIDGE NEAR ARLINGTON ST. THAT YOU AND ONLY YOU HAVE CLAIMED TO BE AN AQUEDUCT USED BY THE P&O
CANAL. WELL, I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS VIGOROUSLY. NOW, TWO PEOPLE BELIEVE IT. IT MAKES SENSE. JUST
LIKE YOU HAVE CLAIMED, ONLY YARDS PAST A STONE AQUEDUCT, IS ANOTHER BRIDGE WHICH WAS CLEARLY
BUILT YEARS LATER AND BUILT SO MUCH HIGHER THAN THE SPAN YOU CLAIM TO BE AN AQUEDUCT. IF THE
AQUEDUCT WAS ACTUALLY A RAILROAD BRIDGE BUILT AT THE SAME TIME, WOULDN'T IT HAVE BEEN THE SAME
HEIGHT?
THAT'S QUITE A QUESTION. I'VE ALWAYS FELT THAT WAS AN AQUEDUCT. THERE IS ALSO SOMEONE'S NAME CHISELED
IN - 1848, YEARS BEFORE THE RAILROAD CAME ALONG. I DON'T THINK I NEED TO SAY ANYMORE. THANK YOU FOR
AGREEING WITH ME. IN RESPONSE TO THE QUESTION OF THE HEIGHT OF THE AQUEDUCT, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN
BUILT THE SAME HEIGHT RATHER THAN TO STACK 15'OF LOOSE LIMESTONE ON TOP TO MATCH THE HEIGHT OF THE
OTHER.
MR. JOHNNY APPLESEED. I FOLLOWED YOUR WORK AND I AM ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN THE CANAL ASSOCIATION.
YOUR WORK STATES THAT IN SOUTHERN OHIO, ON PAST CIRCLEVILLE, THAT THE FEEDER DAM ON THE SCIOTO
RIVER IS TO THE NORTH OF LOCKS 33 AND 34 ON ROUTE 104 SOUTH. THE PUBLISHED INFORMATION HAS BEEN
OUT THERE YEARS NOW AND THE WRITER IS TOTALLY CREDIBLE AND CLAIMS THE FEEDER IS TO THE SOUTH OF
THOSE TWO LOCKS. EXPLAIN THIS IF YOU CAN.
THIS IS EASY TO EXPLAIN BUT FIRST OF ALL, I NEVER SAID THOSE LOCKS WERE ON ROUTE 104. THEY'RE NOT.
THEY'RE ON CANAL RD. SOUTH OF SPUNKEY TOWN IN WAYNE TOWNSHIP. THE ROAD USED TO BE CALLED WHISKEY
SWITCH RD. WHICH LEADS INTO ROUTE 104. THIS IS THE TYPE OF CRITICISM I CONSTANTLY GET AS I AM DOING MY
RESEARCH ON THE OHIO & ERIE CANAL BUT IT HAS NEVER GOTTEN UNDER MY SKIN. I TAKE IT WITH A GRAIN OF SALT.
THE REAL FACT REMAINS - THE FEEDER IS NORTH OF THE LOCKS AND HIS PUBLICATION HAS A FEW MISTAKES. MY
SUGGESTION TO YOU IS, GO AND LOOK FOR YOURSELF. YOU OBVIOUSLY HA VENT DONE THIS OR YOU WOULDN'T
HAVE EMAILED THIS QUESTION. EVEN IN MY PUBLICATIONS, SOMETIMES MISTAKES ARE MADE.
JOHNNY APPLESEED. I BOUGHT YOUR BOOK. MY FAMILY USED THE SECTION OF YOUR BOOK "HOW TO ENJOY THE
OHIO & ERIE CANAL FROM THE COMFORT OF YOUR CAR". I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW LONG DID IT TAKE YOU TO
FORMULATE ALL THAT INFORMATION?
IT TOOK A FEW MONTHS. I HOPE YOU ENJOYED IT
.
JEFF, CANALWAYMAN. I'M AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN. BOTH OF YOUR MAPS LEAP INTO THE UNDERGROUND
RAILROAD. WHY WOULD YOU BE SO CONCERNED?
I'LL BE HONEST. IT JUST KEPT LANDING IN FRONT OF ME, SO IN DOING SO, I INVESTGATED ALL LEADS, PLUS THE OHIO
& ERIE CANAL WHICH IS MY FAVORITE TOPIC, PLAYED A HUGE PART IN GETTING SLAVES TO FREEDOM. I ALSO CARE
BECAUSE OHIO IS MY HOME. I LOVE THE OHIO & ERIE CANAL AND IT MAKES ME FEEL GOOD TO POINT OUT THE
DETERMINATION OF THE PEOPLE OF COLOR WHO RISKED THEIR LIVES SEEKING FREEDOM.
MR. KNOW-IT-ALL. MOST OF YOUR STUFF IS ALL RIGHT BUT YOUR NOT A GENIUS ON ALL SUBJECTS. FOR
INSTANCE, OHIO WAS A SLAVE-FREE STATE AND THE BLACKS COULD ROAM FREELY THROUGHOUT. WHY DON'T
YOU RECOGNIZE THOSE HARD FACTS AND JUST STICK WITH THE CANAL STUFF?
OBVIOUSLY, I'M DEALING WITH A TOTAL GENIUS. SO, HERE ARE SOME FACTS. OHIO DID NOT WORK THE SLAVES IN THE
FIELDS AS THEY DID IN THE SOUTH. IF THEY DID WORK THE FIELDS IN OHIO, THEY WERE PROBABLY PAID BUT WERE
STILL KEPT HIDDEN. AND WHY WAS THAT, MR. EINSTEIN? BECAUSE OHIO HAD NO LEGISLATION TO PROTECT THEIR
RIGHTS AND NEGROES COULD BE TAKEN BACK ACROSS THE MASON-DIXON LINE WITHOUT ANY CONSEQUENCES TO
THE TRACKERS WHO MADE THEIR LIVING TAKING R UNA WA Y SLAVES BACK TO THE SOUTH. HERE IS SOMETHING
ELSE. IF OHIO WAS SLAVE-FREE AND PROTECTED THE NEGROES, THAN I GUESS THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
WOULD NEVER HAVE EXISTED AND THERE WOULD HA VE BEEN NO NEED FOR JOHN BROWN, THE FAMOUS
ABOLITIONIST FROM AKRON TO HELP SET UP THE UNDERGROUND NETWORK TO GET THEM TO FREEDOM. AND, DID
YOU KNOW THAT OHIO WAS ONE OF THE MAIN LOBBYING GROUNDS FOR PRESIDENT LINCOLN TO PASS THE
EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION THAT "ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL ", I THINK I'LL STICK TO THE CANAL STUFF!
- THE OHIO & ERIE CANAL. MY WIFE AND I ARE INTRIGUED BY THE HISTORY OF THE NORTHERN END OF THE CANAL
SYSTEM. DID YOU SAY THAT ON THE NORTHERN END OF THE PORTAGE SUMMIT THERE WERE TWO LOCK ONES?
HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE?
MOST PEOPLE GET INVOLVED IN THE NORTHERN END OF THE CANAL SYSTEM FROM THE ZOAR VALLEY AROUND MILE
87 GOING NORTH TO LAKE ERIE. THE REASON IS SIMPLE. THEY HAVE ASSESSABLE TOW PATHS. SOME DAY
HOPEFULLY, THE TOW PATHS WILL ONCE AGAIN CONNECT THROUGHOUT THE STATE MAKING TRAVEL POSSIBLE
FROM CLEVELAND TO PORTSMOUTH AGAIN. THIS TIME, IT WILL BE DONE BY FOOT OR BICYCLE. THERE WERE
CERTAINLY, TWO LOCK 1 'S ON THE NORTHERN END OF THE PORTAGE SUMMIT. THEY BOTH EXISTED AT THE SAME
TIME AND AT THE SAME PLACE, ONE OF WHICH WENT NORTH DOWN THE OHIO & ERIE CANAL. THE OTHER, THE P&O
CANAL, WENT EAST ENDING UP NEAR NEWCASTLE, PA.
HELLO JEFF - THE CANALWAYMAN. PREVIOUSLY, YOU GAVE ME INFORMATION ABOUT THE TRAIN TRESTLE
BRIDGE NEAR ARLINGTON ST. THAT YOU AND ONLY YOU HAVE CLAIMED TO BE AN AQUEDUCT USED BY THE P&O
CANAL. WELL, I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS VIGOROUSLY. NOW, TWO PEOPLE BELIEVE IT. IT MAKES SENSE. JUST
LIKE YOU HAVE CLAIMED, ONLY YARDS PAST A STONE AQUEDUCT, IS ANOTHER BRIDGE WHICH WAS CLEARLY
BUILT YEARS LATER AND BUILT SO MUCH HIGHER THAN THE SPAN YOU CLAIM TO BE AN AQUEDUCT. IF THE
AQUEDUCT WAS ACTUALLY A RAILROAD BRIDGE BUILT AT THE SAME TIME, WOULDN'T IT HAVE BEEN THE SAME
HEIGHT?
THAT'S QUITE A QUESTION. I'VE ALWAYS FELT THAT WAS AN AQUEDUCT. THERE IS ALSO SOMEONE'S NAME CHISELED
IN - 1848, YEARS BEFORE THE RAILROAD CAME ALONG. I DON'T THINK I NEED TO SAY ANYMORE. THANK YOU FOR
AGREEING WITH ME. IN RESPONSE TO THE QUESTION OF THE HEIGHT OF THE AQUEDUCT, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN
BUILT THE SAME HEIGHT RATHER THAN TO STACK 15'OF LOOSE LIMESTONE ON TOP TO MATCH THE HEIGHT OF THE
OTHER.
MR. JOHNNY APPLESEED. I FOLLOWED YOUR WORK AND I AM ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN THE CANAL ASSOCIATION.
YOUR WORK STATES THAT IN SOUTHERN OHIO, ON PAST CIRCLEVILLE, THAT THE FEEDER DAM ON THE SCIOTO
RIVER IS TO THE NORTH OF LOCKS 33 AND 34 ON ROUTE 104 SOUTH. THE PUBLISHED INFORMATION HAS BEEN
OUT THERE YEARS NOW AND THE WRITER IS TOTALLY CREDIBLE AND CLAIMS THE FEEDER IS TO THE SOUTH OF
THOSE TWO LOCKS. EXPLAIN THIS IF YOU CAN.
THIS IS EASY TO EXPLAIN BUT FIRST OF ALL, I NEVER SAID THOSE LOCKS WERE ON ROUTE 104. THEY'RE NOT.
THEY'RE ON CANAL RD. SOUTH OF SPUNKEY TOWN IN WAYNE TOWNSHIP. THE ROAD USED TO BE CALLED WHISKEY
SWITCH RD. WHICH LEADS INTO ROUTE 104. THIS IS THE TYPE OF CRITICISM I CONSTANTLY GET AS I AM DOING MY
RESEARCH ON THE OHIO & ERIE CANAL BUT IT HAS NEVER GOTTEN UNDER MY SKIN. I TAKE IT WITH A GRAIN OF SALT.
THE REAL FACT REMAINS - THE FEEDER IS NORTH OF THE LOCKS AND HIS PUBLICATION HAS A FEW MISTAKES. MY
SUGGESTION TO YOU IS, GO AND LOOK FOR YOURSELF. YOU OBVIOUSLY HA VENT DONE THIS OR YOU WOULDN'T
HAVE EMAILED THIS QUESTION. EVEN IN MY PUBLICATIONS, SOMETIMES MISTAKES ARE MADE.
JOHNNY APPLESEED. I BOUGHT YOUR BOOK. MY FAMILY USED THE SECTION OF YOUR BOOK "HOW TO ENJOY THE
OHIO & ERIE CANAL FROM THE COMFORT OF YOUR CAR". I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW LONG DID IT TAKE YOU TO
FORMULATE ALL THAT INFORMATION?
IT TOOK A FEW MONTHS. I HOPE YOU ENJOYED IT
.
JEFF, CANALWAYMAN. I'M AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN. BOTH OF YOUR MAPS LEAP INTO THE UNDERGROUND
RAILROAD. WHY WOULD YOU BE SO CONCERNED?
I'LL BE HONEST. IT JUST KEPT LANDING IN FRONT OF ME, SO IN DOING SO, I INVESTGATED ALL LEADS, PLUS THE OHIO
& ERIE CANAL WHICH IS MY FAVORITE TOPIC, PLAYED A HUGE PART IN GETTING SLAVES TO FREEDOM. I ALSO CARE
BECAUSE OHIO IS MY HOME. I LOVE THE OHIO & ERIE CANAL AND IT MAKES ME FEEL GOOD TO POINT OUT THE
DETERMINATION OF THE PEOPLE OF COLOR WHO RISKED THEIR LIVES SEEKING FREEDOM.
MR. KNOW-IT-ALL. MOST OF YOUR STUFF IS ALL RIGHT BUT YOUR NOT A GENIUS ON ALL SUBJECTS. FOR
INSTANCE, OHIO WAS A SLAVE-FREE STATE AND THE BLACKS COULD ROAM FREELY THROUGHOUT. WHY DON'T
YOU RECOGNIZE THOSE HARD FACTS AND JUST STICK WITH THE CANAL STUFF?
OBVIOUSLY, I'M DEALING WITH A TOTAL GENIUS. SO, HERE ARE SOME FACTS. OHIO DID NOT WORK THE SLAVES IN THE
FIELDS AS THEY DID IN THE SOUTH. IF THEY DID WORK THE FIELDS IN OHIO, THEY WERE PROBABLY PAID BUT WERE
STILL KEPT HIDDEN. AND WHY WAS THAT, MR. EINSTEIN? BECAUSE OHIO HAD NO LEGISLATION TO PROTECT THEIR
RIGHTS AND NEGROES COULD BE TAKEN BACK ACROSS THE MASON-DIXON LINE WITHOUT ANY CONSEQUENCES TO
THE TRACKERS WHO MADE THEIR LIVING TAKING R UNA WA Y SLAVES BACK TO THE SOUTH. HERE IS SOMETHING
ELSE. IF OHIO WAS SLAVE-FREE AND PROTECTED THE NEGROES, THAN I GUESS THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
WOULD NEVER HAVE EXISTED AND THERE WOULD HA VE BEEN NO NEED FOR JOHN BROWN, THE FAMOUS
ABOLITIONIST FROM AKRON TO HELP SET UP THE UNDERGROUND NETWORK TO GET THEM TO FREEDOM. AND, DID
YOU KNOW THAT OHIO WAS ONE OF THE MAIN LOBBYING GROUNDS FOR PRESIDENT LINCOLN TO PASS THE
EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION THAT "ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL ", I THINK I'LL STICK TO THE CANAL STUFF!
JOHNNY APPLESEED. HOW DID IT FEEL AFTER YOU COMPLETED YOUR WALK OF THE STATE OF OHIO?
YOU KNOW, IT FELT AS IF I FINALLY DID SOMETHING GREAT AND SAW IT THROUGH FROM BEGINNING TO END. THANK
YOU.
MR. CANALWAYMAN. BACK IN THE 1970'S, I WORKED ON THE SECTION OF THE CANAL THAT IS NOW COVERED UP
IN AKRON BEGINNING NEAR THE CIVIC THEATRE. LOCKS 4 THROUGH 9 WERE REMOVED AND A NEW SPILLWAY
WAS CONCRETED IN. SO, LET'S TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE A LITTLE. FIRST OF ALL, WHERE WAS ALL THE WATER
DIVERTED DURING CONSTRUCTION?
SECONDLY, HOW MANY WATERFALLS LIE BELOW AKRON IN THAT DARK TUNNEL?
THE ANSWER TO THE FIRST QUESTION IS EASY. DURING CONSTRUCTION, THE WATER WAS DIVERTED DOWN THE
TUSCARAWAS RIVER FROM THE DAM AT LONG LAKE. THE FEEDER WAS SLOWED DOWN ONTO THE OHIO & ERIE
CANAL. LOCK I NORTH WAS SHUT OFF. THE WATER IN THE CANAL WENT SOUTH INTO BARBERTON AND SPILLED
BELOW WOLF CREEK. THE SECOND QUESTION CONCERNING THE WATERFALLS - FROM THE FIRST LEVEL TO THE
SECOND, IT SEEMS I REMEMBER THREE WATERFALLS, ALL SIDE BY SIDE. ONCE ABOVE, I NOTICED THEY COULD BE
REGULATED TO BE TURNED OFF OR ON. GOING SOUTH, WAS ANOTHER HIGH WATERFALL PROBABLY 25' HIGH AND
JUST AS WIDE. FURTHER SOUTH WOULD BE MAY BE THREE MORE BUT NOT NEARLY AS HIGH, ENDING UP JUST
NORTH OF LOCK 3 PARK.
JOHNNY APPLESEED. YOU WROTE IN YOUR BOOK THAT YOU CAME ACROSS A BIG OLD COW THAT WAS MISSING
ITS HEAD. WHERE DID IT GO AND HOW DID IT COME OFF?
YOU KNOW, I COULD REALLY HAVE A GOOD TIME WITH THIS ANSWER AND MAY BE I WILL SO, FORGIVE THE HUMOR. I
COULD SAY IT ZIPPED OFF OR SOMEONE SCREWED IT OFF OR IT EVEN FELL OFF, BUT THE TRUTH IS, THE POOR OLD
COW JUST PASSED ON. THE FARMER'S TRACTOR WAS BROKEN DOWN AND HE COULDN'T MOVE IT, SO HE CUT OFF
THE HEAD WITH A CHAINSAW WAND FED IT TO HIS HOGS. HE EVENTUALLY CUT UP AND FED THE WHOLE COW TO THE
HOGS.
MR. CANAL. I LOVE IN YOUR BOOK WHERE THE DOG TRIXIE THOUGHT YOU WERE JUST A BIG COW AND KEPT
NIPPING AT YOUR ANKLES. MY QUESTION IS, DID YOU REALLY HAVE SO MANY DOG ADVENTURES?
YES, I DID AND PROBABLY LEFT A FEW OUT. I DIDN'T WANT THE BOOK TO BE ABOUT DOGS.
CANALWAYMAN. INSIDE THE PAGES OF YOUR BOOK, I FOUND LOTS OF HUMOR. WAS THAT INTENTIONAL OR IS
THAT YOUR PERSONALITY? COULD YOU EMPHASIZE HOW THOSE KIDS IN LOCKBOURNE REACTED AS YOU LEFT
THE WOODS ALONG THE CANAL WITH THAT VISIBLE MACHETE?
I DON'T WANT TO GIVE TOO MUCH OF THE BOOK A WAY BUT I'LL TELL YOU THIS. CONSIDERING WHAT I LOOKED LIKE
AFTER 20 MILES IN THE WOODS, COVERED WITH SPIDER WEBS, VINES AND PLANTS, WITH A RAZOR SHARP MACHETE
IN MY GRASP, THEY WERE ACTUALLY TREMBLING. THE BOOK TELLS THE WHOLE STORY. AS FAR AS THE HUMOR
BEING PART OF MY PERSONALITY, I LIKE TO GIVE IT A TWIST
.
CANALWAYMAN. I'VE READ YOUR BOOK. SURPRISINGLY, IT'S REALLY GOOD, ESPECIALLY WITH YOU BEING A
FIRST-TIME AUTHOR. THE SECTION ABOUT THE PEOPLE ON THE SCIOTO RIVER WITH CHILDREN, IMPRESSED ME.
COULD YOU GIVE MORE DETAILS ABOUT THEM AND THEIR LOCATION?
AS YOU READ THE BOOK, THE MAN CLEARLY ASKED ME NOT TO GIVE AWAY HIS LOCATION BUT I WOULD LOVE TO TALK
ABOUT THEM. IN THE BOOK, I WASN'T ABLE TO USE THEIR NAMES OR ANYONE ELSE'S IN THE PAGES OF THE BOOK
WITHOUT GETTING WRITTEN PERMISSION. HIS NAME WAS ENOS, A TALL, THIN MAN, EARLY 40S WITH A SALT & PEPPER
BEARD, LONG HAIR, VERY SOFT AND SLOW SPOKEN WITH A STANDARD JED CLAMPETTHAT. HIS WIFE GALE, WAS ALSO
VERY TALL AND THIN AND SURPRISINGLY VERY BEAUTIFUL, CONSIDERING SHE HAD NO MAKEUP ON AND SHE WAS
SO PLEASANT AND MADE ME FEEL VERY WELCOME. THE WHOLE FAMILY HAD A VERY STRONG RIGHT OUT OF THE
HILLS ACCENT. THE BOY'S NAME WAS BILLY, MAYBE TEN YEARS OLD. THE GIRL WAS CINDY. SHE WAS AROUND 8.
THOSE KIDS PLAYED THE DAY,A WA Y ON THE BANK OF THE SCIOTO RIVER. IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE IN TODAY'S WORLD,
SIMPLE PEOPLE WITH SIMPLE LIVES STILL EXIST RIGHT HERE IN OHIO. WELL, THEY DO, AND LIVE DAY TO DAY
WITHOUT ANY WORRIES.
MR. JEFF. THE BOOK TELLS OF A MAN IN A BOX NEAR THE OHIO RIVER. CAN YOU GIVE A LITTLE MORE
INFORMATION ABOUT THAT?
THE BOOK PRETTY MUCH TOLD IT THE WAY IT WAS AND THAT IS JUST A FEW OF THE STRANGE HAPPENINGS ALONG
THE TOW PATH OF THE OHIO & ERIE CANAL.
THE GREAT AND ONE AND ONLY JOHNNY APPLESEED OF THE OHIO & ERIE CANAL. HEY, THAT SOUNDS PRETTY
GOOD DOESN'T IT? I BOUGHT YOUR BOOK ON LINE AND I LIVE IN THE MOST WONDERFUL CITY IN THE WHOLE, WIDE
WORLD - MANHATTAN, NEW YORK, AND HAVE ALL MY LIFE. I GUESS I CAN WALK THE TOW PATH BY READING
YOUR BOOK. WHAT DREW ME TO YOUR BOOK WAS THE TITLE - THAT'S GREAT. MY QUESTION - DID YOU REALLY
LOVE WALKING THE OHIO & ERIE CANAL?
YES. IT WAS A VERY SATISFYING EXPERIENCE TO TAKE TIME OUT OF MY LIFE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN OHIO HISTORY.
HELLO THERE JOHNNY APPLESEED. YOUR BOOK IS SO GOOD. YOU MUST HAVE REALLY PLANNED THIS
PUBLICATION WELL. INSIDE ITS PAGES IS A GREAT HISTORY LESSON ALONG WITH A GOOD INTERACTION STORY
OF YOU AND LAURA. THAT TAKES REAL TALENT TO ASSEMBLE THE PAGES WELL ENOUGH TO KEEP THE STORY
LINE GOING WITH HAVING SO MANY HISTORY BREAKS. WHILE YOU WERE ON THREE LOCKS RD. SOUTH OF
CHILLICOTHE AND ACCIDENTALLY STUMBLED INTO THE MARIJUANA PATCH AND ENCOUNTERED THE ANGRY
FARMER, THAT IS A FANTASTIC STORY! WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO PRIVATELY LET ME KNOW WHERE I COULD
FIND THIS AREA? I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE IT AND WOULD TELL EVERYONE ABOUT YOUR GREAT BOOK.
WELL, THAT WAS A PRETTY GOOD "BUTTER UP" JOB YOU DID ON ME THERE, BUT I GAVE MY WORD TO KEEP THE
WHEREABOUTS A SECRET IN EXCHANGE FOR MY LIFE AND THINK ABOUT THIS, IT MAY NOT HAVE EVEN BEEN IN THAT
AREA. SORRY, BUT I'LL GIVE YOU CREDIT FOR TRYING.
THE JOHNNY APPLESEED OF THE OHIO & ERIE CANAL. YOU'RE QUITE A YANK. YOU'RE BOOK IS WONDERFUL. MY
HOME IS IN LONDON, ENGLAND AND THIS GREAT PUBLICATION SEEMS TO BE A JOLLY GOOD BOOK! IT'S FILLED
WITH SO MUCH ADVENTURE, I'll BET ALL YOUR BLOKES ARE SO PROUD OF YOU. WHAT'S YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT
FUTURE PUBLICATIONS?
WOW. I'M SO IMPRESSED ABOUT MY BOOK BEING SOLD OVERSEAS. I HAVE CHECKED ON THE INTERNET AND IT IS
ALSO BEING SOLD IN RUSSIA 4ND OTHER FOREIGN LANDS. THERE ARE TWO OTHER BOOKS ON THE WA Y. ONE IS
CALLED THE LOST LOCKS OF THE OHIO & ErIE CANAL. THIS BOOK FEATURES THE LOCATION OF EACH AND EVERY
LOCK AND ALL OF THE LOCKS THAT WERE THOUGHT TO BE GONE. THIS BOOK WILL BE AVAILABLE ON A SOUND CD
DISK WITH ME EXPLAINING EVER Y PICTURE. THIS WILL BE COMING LATER THIS YEAR AND NEXT YEAR, LOOK FOR THIS
GREAT BOOK. ITS TITLE IS JORNADA DE MUERTA (THE JOURNEY OF DEATH). IT CONTAINS MY LIFE ADVENTURES BACK
IN THE 1980S AS I WORKED THE GOLD MINES OF NEW MEXICO. THE DESERT WHERE THIS TOOK PLACE WAS CALLED
"THE JOURNEY OF DEATH".
YOU KNOW, IT FELT AS IF I FINALLY DID SOMETHING GREAT AND SAW IT THROUGH FROM BEGINNING TO END. THANK
YOU.
MR. CANALWAYMAN. BACK IN THE 1970'S, I WORKED ON THE SECTION OF THE CANAL THAT IS NOW COVERED UP
IN AKRON BEGINNING NEAR THE CIVIC THEATRE. LOCKS 4 THROUGH 9 WERE REMOVED AND A NEW SPILLWAY
WAS CONCRETED IN. SO, LET'S TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE A LITTLE. FIRST OF ALL, WHERE WAS ALL THE WATER
DIVERTED DURING CONSTRUCTION?
SECONDLY, HOW MANY WATERFALLS LIE BELOW AKRON IN THAT DARK TUNNEL?
THE ANSWER TO THE FIRST QUESTION IS EASY. DURING CONSTRUCTION, THE WATER WAS DIVERTED DOWN THE
TUSCARAWAS RIVER FROM THE DAM AT LONG LAKE. THE FEEDER WAS SLOWED DOWN ONTO THE OHIO & ERIE
CANAL. LOCK I NORTH WAS SHUT OFF. THE WATER IN THE CANAL WENT SOUTH INTO BARBERTON AND SPILLED
BELOW WOLF CREEK. THE SECOND QUESTION CONCERNING THE WATERFALLS - FROM THE FIRST LEVEL TO THE
SECOND, IT SEEMS I REMEMBER THREE WATERFALLS, ALL SIDE BY SIDE. ONCE ABOVE, I NOTICED THEY COULD BE
REGULATED TO BE TURNED OFF OR ON. GOING SOUTH, WAS ANOTHER HIGH WATERFALL PROBABLY 25' HIGH AND
JUST AS WIDE. FURTHER SOUTH WOULD BE MAY BE THREE MORE BUT NOT NEARLY AS HIGH, ENDING UP JUST
NORTH OF LOCK 3 PARK.
JOHNNY APPLESEED. YOU WROTE IN YOUR BOOK THAT YOU CAME ACROSS A BIG OLD COW THAT WAS MISSING
ITS HEAD. WHERE DID IT GO AND HOW DID IT COME OFF?
YOU KNOW, I COULD REALLY HAVE A GOOD TIME WITH THIS ANSWER AND MAY BE I WILL SO, FORGIVE THE HUMOR. I
COULD SAY IT ZIPPED OFF OR SOMEONE SCREWED IT OFF OR IT EVEN FELL OFF, BUT THE TRUTH IS, THE POOR OLD
COW JUST PASSED ON. THE FARMER'S TRACTOR WAS BROKEN DOWN AND HE COULDN'T MOVE IT, SO HE CUT OFF
THE HEAD WITH A CHAINSAW WAND FED IT TO HIS HOGS. HE EVENTUALLY CUT UP AND FED THE WHOLE COW TO THE
HOGS.
MR. CANAL. I LOVE IN YOUR BOOK WHERE THE DOG TRIXIE THOUGHT YOU WERE JUST A BIG COW AND KEPT
NIPPING AT YOUR ANKLES. MY QUESTION IS, DID YOU REALLY HAVE SO MANY DOG ADVENTURES?
YES, I DID AND PROBABLY LEFT A FEW OUT. I DIDN'T WANT THE BOOK TO BE ABOUT DOGS.
CANALWAYMAN. INSIDE THE PAGES OF YOUR BOOK, I FOUND LOTS OF HUMOR. WAS THAT INTENTIONAL OR IS
THAT YOUR PERSONALITY? COULD YOU EMPHASIZE HOW THOSE KIDS IN LOCKBOURNE REACTED AS YOU LEFT
THE WOODS ALONG THE CANAL WITH THAT VISIBLE MACHETE?
I DON'T WANT TO GIVE TOO MUCH OF THE BOOK A WAY BUT I'LL TELL YOU THIS. CONSIDERING WHAT I LOOKED LIKE
AFTER 20 MILES IN THE WOODS, COVERED WITH SPIDER WEBS, VINES AND PLANTS, WITH A RAZOR SHARP MACHETE
IN MY GRASP, THEY WERE ACTUALLY TREMBLING. THE BOOK TELLS THE WHOLE STORY. AS FAR AS THE HUMOR
BEING PART OF MY PERSONALITY, I LIKE TO GIVE IT A TWIST
.
CANALWAYMAN. I'VE READ YOUR BOOK. SURPRISINGLY, IT'S REALLY GOOD, ESPECIALLY WITH YOU BEING A
FIRST-TIME AUTHOR. THE SECTION ABOUT THE PEOPLE ON THE SCIOTO RIVER WITH CHILDREN, IMPRESSED ME.
COULD YOU GIVE MORE DETAILS ABOUT THEM AND THEIR LOCATION?
AS YOU READ THE BOOK, THE MAN CLEARLY ASKED ME NOT TO GIVE AWAY HIS LOCATION BUT I WOULD LOVE TO TALK
ABOUT THEM. IN THE BOOK, I WASN'T ABLE TO USE THEIR NAMES OR ANYONE ELSE'S IN THE PAGES OF THE BOOK
WITHOUT GETTING WRITTEN PERMISSION. HIS NAME WAS ENOS, A TALL, THIN MAN, EARLY 40S WITH A SALT & PEPPER
BEARD, LONG HAIR, VERY SOFT AND SLOW SPOKEN WITH A STANDARD JED CLAMPETTHAT. HIS WIFE GALE, WAS ALSO
VERY TALL AND THIN AND SURPRISINGLY VERY BEAUTIFUL, CONSIDERING SHE HAD NO MAKEUP ON AND SHE WAS
SO PLEASANT AND MADE ME FEEL VERY WELCOME. THE WHOLE FAMILY HAD A VERY STRONG RIGHT OUT OF THE
HILLS ACCENT. THE BOY'S NAME WAS BILLY, MAYBE TEN YEARS OLD. THE GIRL WAS CINDY. SHE WAS AROUND 8.
THOSE KIDS PLAYED THE DAY,A WA Y ON THE BANK OF THE SCIOTO RIVER. IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE IN TODAY'S WORLD,
SIMPLE PEOPLE WITH SIMPLE LIVES STILL EXIST RIGHT HERE IN OHIO. WELL, THEY DO, AND LIVE DAY TO DAY
WITHOUT ANY WORRIES.
MR. JEFF. THE BOOK TELLS OF A MAN IN A BOX NEAR THE OHIO RIVER. CAN YOU GIVE A LITTLE MORE
INFORMATION ABOUT THAT?
THE BOOK PRETTY MUCH TOLD IT THE WAY IT WAS AND THAT IS JUST A FEW OF THE STRANGE HAPPENINGS ALONG
THE TOW PATH OF THE OHIO & ERIE CANAL.
THE GREAT AND ONE AND ONLY JOHNNY APPLESEED OF THE OHIO & ERIE CANAL. HEY, THAT SOUNDS PRETTY
GOOD DOESN'T IT? I BOUGHT YOUR BOOK ON LINE AND I LIVE IN THE MOST WONDERFUL CITY IN THE WHOLE, WIDE
WORLD - MANHATTAN, NEW YORK, AND HAVE ALL MY LIFE. I GUESS I CAN WALK THE TOW PATH BY READING
YOUR BOOK. WHAT DREW ME TO YOUR BOOK WAS THE TITLE - THAT'S GREAT. MY QUESTION - DID YOU REALLY
LOVE WALKING THE OHIO & ERIE CANAL?
YES. IT WAS A VERY SATISFYING EXPERIENCE TO TAKE TIME OUT OF MY LIFE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN OHIO HISTORY.
HELLO THERE JOHNNY APPLESEED. YOUR BOOK IS SO GOOD. YOU MUST HAVE REALLY PLANNED THIS
PUBLICATION WELL. INSIDE ITS PAGES IS A GREAT HISTORY LESSON ALONG WITH A GOOD INTERACTION STORY
OF YOU AND LAURA. THAT TAKES REAL TALENT TO ASSEMBLE THE PAGES WELL ENOUGH TO KEEP THE STORY
LINE GOING WITH HAVING SO MANY HISTORY BREAKS. WHILE YOU WERE ON THREE LOCKS RD. SOUTH OF
CHILLICOTHE AND ACCIDENTALLY STUMBLED INTO THE MARIJUANA PATCH AND ENCOUNTERED THE ANGRY
FARMER, THAT IS A FANTASTIC STORY! WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO PRIVATELY LET ME KNOW WHERE I COULD
FIND THIS AREA? I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE IT AND WOULD TELL EVERYONE ABOUT YOUR GREAT BOOK.
WELL, THAT WAS A PRETTY GOOD "BUTTER UP" JOB YOU DID ON ME THERE, BUT I GAVE MY WORD TO KEEP THE
WHEREABOUTS A SECRET IN EXCHANGE FOR MY LIFE AND THINK ABOUT THIS, IT MAY NOT HAVE EVEN BEEN IN THAT
AREA. SORRY, BUT I'LL GIVE YOU CREDIT FOR TRYING.
THE JOHNNY APPLESEED OF THE OHIO & ERIE CANAL. YOU'RE QUITE A YANK. YOU'RE BOOK IS WONDERFUL. MY
HOME IS IN LONDON, ENGLAND AND THIS GREAT PUBLICATION SEEMS TO BE A JOLLY GOOD BOOK! IT'S FILLED
WITH SO MUCH ADVENTURE, I'll BET ALL YOUR BLOKES ARE SO PROUD OF YOU. WHAT'S YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT
FUTURE PUBLICATIONS?
WOW. I'M SO IMPRESSED ABOUT MY BOOK BEING SOLD OVERSEAS. I HAVE CHECKED ON THE INTERNET AND IT IS
ALSO BEING SOLD IN RUSSIA 4ND OTHER FOREIGN LANDS. THERE ARE TWO OTHER BOOKS ON THE WA Y. ONE IS
CALLED THE LOST LOCKS OF THE OHIO & ErIE CANAL. THIS BOOK FEATURES THE LOCATION OF EACH AND EVERY
LOCK AND ALL OF THE LOCKS THAT WERE THOUGHT TO BE GONE. THIS BOOK WILL BE AVAILABLE ON A SOUND CD
DISK WITH ME EXPLAINING EVER Y PICTURE. THIS WILL BE COMING LATER THIS YEAR AND NEXT YEAR, LOOK FOR THIS
GREAT BOOK. ITS TITLE IS JORNADA DE MUERTA (THE JOURNEY OF DEATH). IT CONTAINS MY LIFE ADVENTURES BACK
IN THE 1980S AS I WORKED THE GOLD MINES OF NEW MEXICO. THE DESERT WHERE THIS TOOK PLACE WAS CALLED
"THE JOURNEY OF DEATH".
JOHNNY APPLESEED. HOW CAN ANYONE BE SURE THAT A FEW STONES STICKING OUT IN FRAZEYSBURG
WAS ACTUALLY LOCK 17?
THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. "IT MAY NOT BE". MORE THAN LIKELY, IT WAS A BRIDGE STRUCTURE FOR THE
RAILROAD SO THE CANAL COULD PASS UNDER. YOUR QUESTION CREATES A LOT OF CONTRAVERSYAND HAS
MANY BRANCHES. SO FAR, NO ONE CAN EXPLAIN WHY THERE ARE TWO LOCK SIXTEENS ON THE NORTH END OF
THE LICKING SUMMIT. I BELIEVE I CAN. JUST ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF FRAZEYSBURG IS WHAt IS KNOWN AS
VICKERS LOCK16 OR WAS IT? PROBABLY NOT. THIS LAST SENTENCE WILL CREATE LOTS OF CONTRA VERSY.
THE REAL LOCK 16 SITS IN THE BLACK HAND GORGE ONLY YARDS WEST OF TOBOSO RD. THE NUMBERING
SYSTEM GETS HIGHER AS YOU DESCEND THE LICKING SUMMIT. FROM THE LOCK IN THE BLACK HAND GORGE
GOING EAST EIGHT MILES, IS THE VICKERS LOCK ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF FRAZEYSBURG ON CANAL RD. THAT
WAS ACTUALLY LOCK 17- NOT 16 AND A MILL DID OPERATE IN FRAZEYSBURG BUT NOTHING REALLY
SUBSTANTIATES THAT A LOCK WAS ACTUALLY THERE EXCEPT FOR A SIGN. IT MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE BEEN
THERE. GOING FURTHER EAST TOWARDS THE BOTTOM OF THE SUMMIT, THE NEXT LOCK IS UPPER WEBBSPORT,
LOCK 18, THEN LOCK 19, LOWER WEBBSPORT, ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF WAKATOMIKA CREEK. THEN
ANOTHER MILE FURTHER IS LOCK 20 AT TRINWAY. NOW, HOW CAN ANYONE REALLY DISPUTE THIS?
CANALWAYMAN. I HEARD YOU SPEAK ABOUT THE P&O CANAL. WOULD YOU CONSIDER YOURSELF AN
EXPERT ON THAT SYSTEM ALSO?
NOT YET, BUT I'M ON MY WAY AND CURRENTLY, MAPPING ON FOOT, THE ENTIRE LENGTH MAKING NEW
DISCOVERIES ALL THE TIME. SOON, MY WORK WILL BE POSTED ON MY WEBSITE AND UPDATED EVERY WEEK AS I
HEAD EAST TOWARDS PENNSYLVANIA. SO. KEEP WATCHING!
WAS ACTUALLY LOCK 17?
THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. "IT MAY NOT BE". MORE THAN LIKELY, IT WAS A BRIDGE STRUCTURE FOR THE
RAILROAD SO THE CANAL COULD PASS UNDER. YOUR QUESTION CREATES A LOT OF CONTRAVERSYAND HAS
MANY BRANCHES. SO FAR, NO ONE CAN EXPLAIN WHY THERE ARE TWO LOCK SIXTEENS ON THE NORTH END OF
THE LICKING SUMMIT. I BELIEVE I CAN. JUST ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF FRAZEYSBURG IS WHAt IS KNOWN AS
VICKERS LOCK16 OR WAS IT? PROBABLY NOT. THIS LAST SENTENCE WILL CREATE LOTS OF CONTRA VERSY.
THE REAL LOCK 16 SITS IN THE BLACK HAND GORGE ONLY YARDS WEST OF TOBOSO RD. THE NUMBERING
SYSTEM GETS HIGHER AS YOU DESCEND THE LICKING SUMMIT. FROM THE LOCK IN THE BLACK HAND GORGE
GOING EAST EIGHT MILES, IS THE VICKERS LOCK ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF FRAZEYSBURG ON CANAL RD. THAT
WAS ACTUALLY LOCK 17- NOT 16 AND A MILL DID OPERATE IN FRAZEYSBURG BUT NOTHING REALLY
SUBSTANTIATES THAT A LOCK WAS ACTUALLY THERE EXCEPT FOR A SIGN. IT MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE BEEN
THERE. GOING FURTHER EAST TOWARDS THE BOTTOM OF THE SUMMIT, THE NEXT LOCK IS UPPER WEBBSPORT,
LOCK 18, THEN LOCK 19, LOWER WEBBSPORT, ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF WAKATOMIKA CREEK. THEN
ANOTHER MILE FURTHER IS LOCK 20 AT TRINWAY. NOW, HOW CAN ANYONE REALLY DISPUTE THIS?
CANALWAYMAN. I HEARD YOU SPEAK ABOUT THE P&O CANAL. WOULD YOU CONSIDER YOURSELF AN
EXPERT ON THAT SYSTEM ALSO?
NOT YET, BUT I'M ON MY WAY AND CURRENTLY, MAPPING ON FOOT, THE ENTIRE LENGTH MAKING NEW
DISCOVERIES ALL THE TIME. SOON, MY WORK WILL BE POSTED ON MY WEBSITE AND UPDATED EVERY WEEK AS I
HEAD EAST TOWARDS PENNSYLVANIA. SO. KEEP WATCHING!
JOHNNY APPLESEED. I'VE READ THAT ON ONE OF YOUR EARLIE WALKS - THAT A MAN WEARING
CAMOUFLAGE WAS STALKING YOU. THAT IS VERY WEIRD DON'T YOU THINK?
Yes I do, this is what happened. I could here twigs snapping and something moving through the brush and thought a
predatory animal was stalking me. I knew ahead was a clearing and was hoping to get their and deal with this. It was 3
hours now that I was being hunted and knew that I wasn't alone and whatever I was dealing with stayed just out of sight.
Once in the clearing it never reveled itself than I change my direction with my weapon drawn to now turn this chase
around and it was fleeing the area now I was the hunter. Then returning to my course, hid and waited 1/2 mile further
down the towpath, just as I was ready to getup and moving it was able to get close but didn't see me their it was, not a
animal but a large man, fully dressed in a camouflage even his face mask. This was very Erie. I yelled out and startled
him. I can see you now back off with these games or I'll end it for you right now - he blended back in the woods and never
seen him again. Who would think this stuff goes on.
CAMOUFLAGE WAS STALKING YOU. THAT IS VERY WEIRD DON'T YOU THINK?
Yes I do, this is what happened. I could here twigs snapping and something moving through the brush and thought a
predatory animal was stalking me. I knew ahead was a clearing and was hoping to get their and deal with this. It was 3
hours now that I was being hunted and knew that I wasn't alone and whatever I was dealing with stayed just out of sight.
Once in the clearing it never reveled itself than I change my direction with my weapon drawn to now turn this chase
around and it was fleeing the area now I was the hunter. Then returning to my course, hid and waited 1/2 mile further
down the towpath, just as I was ready to getup and moving it was able to get close but didn't see me their it was, not a
animal but a large man, fully dressed in a camouflage even his face mask. This was very Erie. I yelled out and startled
him. I can see you now back off with these games or I'll end it for you right now - he blended back in the woods and never
seen him again. Who would think this stuff goes on.
LOCK 8 IN THE ZOAR VALLEY
BLACK HAND ROCK IN LICKING COUNTY
The map I used to pinpoint where lock
54 was on the Ohio River. Its site was
unknown until I located it for the
southern branch of the Canal Society.
54 was on the Ohio River. Its site was
unknown until I located it for the
southern branch of the Canal Society.
I WAS STANDING IN THE OHIO RIVER
TO GET THIS SHOT JULY 2005
TO GET THIS SHOT JULY 2005