Questions & Answers
NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN ALONG THE
TOWPATH
TOWPATH
HISTORICAL MARKER ALONG THE
OHIO& ERIE CANAL AND THE DRY
DOCK LOCK Lock
OHIO& ERIE CANAL AND THE DRY
DOCK LOCK Lock
THE JOHNNY APPLESEED OF THE OHIO & ERIE CANAL
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HISTORICAL MARKER CANAL
WINCHESTER AND THE OHIO &
ERIE CANAL
WINCHESTER AND THE OHIO &
ERIE CANAL
HELLO CANALWAYMAN. HISTORY CAN BE A TOUCHY SUBJECT AND IT SEEMS SO FAR, YOU’RE
KEEPING AHEAD OF THE GAME. DO YOU POST EVERY EMAIL THAT YOU GET? ANOTHER QUESTION
FOR YOU. WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE CREEK THAT THE OHIO & ERIE CANAL CROSSES ON THE TINDEL
FARM NEAR THE LICKING SUMMIT?
WELL, YOU’RE RIGHT ABOUT HISTORY BEING A TOUCHY SUBJECT AND IF I USED YOUR INFORMATION, I
WOULD CERTAINLY FALL UNDER ATTACK BY KNOWLEDGEABLE PEOPLE. I DON’T POST EVERYONE’S
QUESTIONS. SOME OF THEM ARE RUDE AND RIDICULOUS. THE CREEK THAT YOU ASKED ME ABOUT IS
CALLED RAMP CREEK. THE FARM WASN’T CALLED THE TINDEL FARM BUT THE TAYLOR FARM. LOCKS 1, 2
& 3 USED TO SIT ON THE PROPERTY BUT I EXPECT YOU ALREADY KNOW THIS AND ARE TESTING ME.
JOHNNY APPLESEED. CAN YOU TELL ME WHY THIS OLD CANAL THAT HAS BEEN GONE FOREVER
SPARKS SO MUCH CONCERN AND CONTROVERSY?
THE REASON FOR THIS CONCERN – THIS WATERWAY WAS THE SECOND BIGGEST EVENT IN THE STATE
OF OHIO. THE FIRST WAS IN 1803 WHEN OHIO WAS BROUGHT INTO THE UNION AND THE SECOND BEING
THE OPENING OF THE MAJESTIC OHIO & ERIE CANAL. IT WAS THE YOUNG BACKBONE OF OUR GREAT
STATE AND SET THE WHEELS IN MOTION. THE CONTROVERSY STEMS FROM ALL OF THE CANAL
HISTORIANS WANTING TO BE RIGHT AND SELL THEIR BELIEFS TO THE PUBLIC. THIS CAUSES A LOT OF
CONFUSION. THAT IS WHY I KEEP AWAY FROM ALL OF THEM AND DRAW MY OWN CONCLUSIONS.
JEFF, THE CANALWAYMAN. THAT’S QUITE A MAP. YOUR PROFILE MAP OF THE LOCK SYSTEM IS
SECOND TO NONE. A FEW QUESTIONS. ARE YOU A ROMANTIC? THE REASON IS SIMPLE FOR THIS LINE
OF QUESTIONING. WHO MADE UP THE LITTLE CAPTIONS AROUND THE PICTURES AND EXPLAIN THE
INDIAN NAMED GENTLE BREEZE AND WHO IS SHE?
I'LL GO ALONG WITH BEING A ROMANTIC AND IT WAS I THAT MADE UP THESE LITTLE PHRASES. TO ME,
THESE ARE MORE THAN JUST MAPS. THEY ALSO INCLUDE LIVING, LOVING AND REAL LIFE SCENARIOS
THAT MAY HAVE WENT ON – NOT JUST BORING HISTORY BITS AND PIECES. AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE
PICTURE, GENTLE BREEZE IS AN ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL INDIAN GIRL AND LOOK CLOSE – SHE IS
SOMBER AND SO LADY-LIKE AND GENTLE. GENTLE BREEZE IS WHAT MANY MEN WOULD WANT THEIR
WOMEN TO BE. THERE SHE IS HOLDING SOME BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS LOOKING OUT OVER THE
CUYAHOGA RIVER. ALL DAY LONG, SWIFT EAGLE HAS BEEN SHOWING OFF HIS MUSCLES TRYING TO GET
HER ATTENTION BUT HE IS TOO NAIVE TO KNOW, HE ALREADY HAS. GENTLE BREEZE WANTS SWIFT
EAGLE TO BE HER MAN AND THROWS ANOTHER BRAVE NAMED STRONG BEAR INTO THE CONVERSATION
WHO ALSO HAS SHOWN AN INTEREST IN HER. SWIFT EAGLE ANGRILY POINTS OUT THAT STRONG BEAR
DOESN’T HAVE THE STRENGTH OF A LAZY RODENT. SWIFT EAGLE DOESN’T KNOW THAT GENTLE BREEZE
HAS NO INTEREST IN STRONG BEAR AND CALMLY AND COLLECTIVELY GOT THE RESPONSE SHE HAD
BEEN WAITING FOR FROM SWIFT EAGLE. HE ASKED HER, “DO I NOT LOOK STRONG, WOMAN?” AND SHE
GENTLY REPLIED, “YES, YOU DO AND IF YOU WANT ME, YOU MUST ALSO BE GENTLE.” WITHOUT ANY
HESITATION, SWIFT EAGLE SAID “I WILL BE GENTLE.” IF IN REAL LIFE, THIS WAS TO TAKE PLACE JUST AS
DESCRIBED, THEIR LOVE WOULD GO ON FOREVER. TO ANSWER THE QUESTION OF WHO WAS GENTLE
BREEZE – MORE THAN A DRAWING.
MR. FULL-OF-@#IT. YOU’RE HOW OLD – 50? THERE AIN’T NO OLD DUDE LIKE YOU THAT’S GOING TO
WALK THAT FAR. I’M 29 AND THAT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME, SO WHERE DO YOU GET OFF?
I GOT OFF AT LOCK 55 AT THE OHIO RIVER AFTER WALKING 156 HOURS. SO, YOU’RE A VERY LAZY 29-
YEAR-OLD PERSON, SO, THAT NOT MY PROBLEM. I SUSPECT YOUR FINGERS HURT FROM USING THE
REMOTE AND THE KEYBOARD AND YOUR BUTT PROBABLY HURTS FROM SITTING SO LONG. WELL,
GUESS WHAT? MY DON’T, ONLY BECAUSE AT MY DECREPIT AGE OF 50, I PRIDE MYSELF ON KEEPING
MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY IN SHAPE. WHEN I WAS YOUR AGE RAISING A FAMILY, WORKING AROUND
THE CLOCK AND WAS COMPLETELY WORE OUT, I’LL BET THIS OLD MAN COULD STILL OUT-PERFORM
YOU. YOU SOUND LIKE THE SAME GUY A YEAR AGO WHO CHALLENGED ME TO A 20 MILE WALK AND
NEVER SHOWED UP. HOW ‘BOUT JUST WALKING 10 MILES WITH ME. IF IT GETS TOO HARD AND YOU
START WHINING, I’LL CARRY YOUR BACKPACK.
JOHNNY APPLESEED. IN RESPONSE TO ONE OF YOUR EMAIL'S, THAT 29-YEAR-OLD LAZY GUY WHO DIDN’
T BELIEVE IN YOUR ABILITIES, NEVER MET YOU FACE-TO-FACE. WELL, THIS IS TO HIM. JEFF IS ONE BIG
STRONG MAN. YOU WOULDN’T KNOW HE WAS HIS AGE AND IF YOU WOULD EVER TAKE HIM UP ON THAT
10 MILE WALK, YOU WOULD’T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT NOT MAKING IT TO DINNER THAT NIGHT BECAUSE
YOU COLLAPSED ON THE TOW PATH, ONLY BECAUSE HE WOULD JUST CARRY YOU HOME TO YOUR
MOMMY. JEFF IS A REAL DANIEL BOONE KIND OF GUY AND I SURELY WOULD’T WANT TO PICK A FIGHT
WITH HIM.
MR. JED CLAMPETT. WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE CALLING ME A LAZY 29-YEAR-OLD DUDE? I AIN’T
NO COUCH POTATO EITHER. MAN, I’LL BET THE WHOLE TIME YOU WERE IN THOSE WOODS,
HELICOPTER RESCUE CREWS WERE ON STAND-BY TO FLY YOUR OLD, TIRED –SS OUT.
YOU KNOW YOU’RE RIGHT. I HAD NO RIGHT BEING SO INSENSITIVE, INSINUATING YOU WERE A COUCH
POTATO. WELL, THAT’S NOT FAIR TO A POTATO. I’M SURE EVEN A POTATO THESE DAYS HAS RIGHTS. A
POTATO UNLIKE YOU, WILL EVENTUALLY DO SOMETHING, EVEN IF IT MEANS GETTING COOKED. ON THAT
THOUGHT, MAY BE YOU WILL TOO. I CHANGED SOME OF YOUR UGLY WORDS. IF YOU WISH TO CONTINUE
THIS, WATCH THE LANGUAGE, MR. POTATO HEAD!
MR. CLAMPETT. YOU BIG OLD DUMB CANALWAYMAN. WHEN THAT BIG OLD FARM BOY WEARING ALL
THAT CAMOUFLAGE WHO WAS AFTER YOU FOR THOSE THREE HOUR S IN THE WOODS, A MAN WITH
YOUR INTELLIGENCE SHOULD HAVE FIGURED OUT HE ONLY WANTED A GIRLFRIEND AND YOU
SHOULD HAVE STOPPED AND WAITED.
YOU KNOW, THAT’S CUTE. AND THIS IS THE LAST TIME I’LL POST ANYTHING FROM YOU, BUT THERE IS A
BIG DIFFERENCE IN US. FIRST OF ALL, I’M A MAN AND NOT SOME BIG SISSY WHO HIDES BEHIND HIS
COMPUTER. WHEN THAT BIG GUY WAS FOLLOWING ME THOSE THREE HOURS, HE WAS CONTEMPLATING
AN ASSAULT AND HELD OFF ONLY BECAUSE OF MY SIZE, BUT IF IT WAS YOU IN THE WOODS, YOU WOULD
HAVE BEEN HIS GIRLFRIEND IN THREE MINUTES – SO, GOOD BYE.
HEY PUMPKIN SEED. YOU SEEM TO BE WELL-VERSED IN THE OHIO & ERIE CANAL AND ITS RIVERS.
YOUR BOOK EXPLAINS AN AWFUL LOT. WHAT WAS THE DAM CALLED THAT RAN BETWEEN LOCK 24
AND LOCK 25 ON THE TUSCARWAS RIVER?
THAT’S MR. PUMPKIN SEED TO YOU. I’VE BEEN OVER THAT AREA SEVERAL TIMES AND THERE IS SOME
TYPE OF EVIDENCE THAT A STRUCTURE WAS IN THAT AREA ALONG THE RIVER. THIS AREA LIES MAY BE ½
MILE WEST OF UNUSUAL JUNCTION. I WILL INVESTIGATE THE AREA FURTHER SOME DAY AND POST MY
RESULTS AND JUST FOR THE SAKE OF ACCURACY, IT’S JOHNNY APPLESEED
MR APPLESEED, THATS REALLY SOMETHING HOW THAT 29 YEAR OLD COUCH POTATO AND YOU
WENT AT IT, i'M A PROFESSIONAL BIKE RIDER AND HAVE RODE THE ENTIRE TOWPATH FROM
BARBERTON TO CINCINNATI ON THE OHIO CANAL IN 44 HOURS AT 54 YEARS OLD I'LL CHALLENGE
YOU TO A LONG HARD WALK. LET ME KNOW.
WELL FIRST OF ALL MY WORK ON THE OHIO & ERIE CANAL WASN'T INTENDED TO LEAVE ME UP FOR
CHALLENGES, I WILL DECLINE BUT YOUR ONE SPECIAL INDIVIDUAL AND THATS BECAUSE YOU ROAD
YOUR BIKE ON THE MYSTERY CANAL AND WHY IS THAT? BECAUSE IT'S A MYSTERY TO ME WHERE THIS
CANAL IS, THERE IS NO OHIO CANAL IN OHIO AND THE OHIO & ERIE CANAL GOES FROM CLEVELAND TO
PORTSMOUTH.
KEEPING AHEAD OF THE GAME. DO YOU POST EVERY EMAIL THAT YOU GET? ANOTHER QUESTION
FOR YOU. WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE CREEK THAT THE OHIO & ERIE CANAL CROSSES ON THE TINDEL
FARM NEAR THE LICKING SUMMIT?
WELL, YOU’RE RIGHT ABOUT HISTORY BEING A TOUCHY SUBJECT AND IF I USED YOUR INFORMATION, I
WOULD CERTAINLY FALL UNDER ATTACK BY KNOWLEDGEABLE PEOPLE. I DON’T POST EVERYONE’S
QUESTIONS. SOME OF THEM ARE RUDE AND RIDICULOUS. THE CREEK THAT YOU ASKED ME ABOUT IS
CALLED RAMP CREEK. THE FARM WASN’T CALLED THE TINDEL FARM BUT THE TAYLOR FARM. LOCKS 1, 2
& 3 USED TO SIT ON THE PROPERTY BUT I EXPECT YOU ALREADY KNOW THIS AND ARE TESTING ME.
JOHNNY APPLESEED. CAN YOU TELL ME WHY THIS OLD CANAL THAT HAS BEEN GONE FOREVER
SPARKS SO MUCH CONCERN AND CONTROVERSY?
THE REASON FOR THIS CONCERN – THIS WATERWAY WAS THE SECOND BIGGEST EVENT IN THE STATE
OF OHIO. THE FIRST WAS IN 1803 WHEN OHIO WAS BROUGHT INTO THE UNION AND THE SECOND BEING
THE OPENING OF THE MAJESTIC OHIO & ERIE CANAL. IT WAS THE YOUNG BACKBONE OF OUR GREAT
STATE AND SET THE WHEELS IN MOTION. THE CONTROVERSY STEMS FROM ALL OF THE CANAL
HISTORIANS WANTING TO BE RIGHT AND SELL THEIR BELIEFS TO THE PUBLIC. THIS CAUSES A LOT OF
CONFUSION. THAT IS WHY I KEEP AWAY FROM ALL OF THEM AND DRAW MY OWN CONCLUSIONS.
JEFF, THE CANALWAYMAN. THAT’S QUITE A MAP. YOUR PROFILE MAP OF THE LOCK SYSTEM IS
SECOND TO NONE. A FEW QUESTIONS. ARE YOU A ROMANTIC? THE REASON IS SIMPLE FOR THIS LINE
OF QUESTIONING. WHO MADE UP THE LITTLE CAPTIONS AROUND THE PICTURES AND EXPLAIN THE
INDIAN NAMED GENTLE BREEZE AND WHO IS SHE?
I'LL GO ALONG WITH BEING A ROMANTIC AND IT WAS I THAT MADE UP THESE LITTLE PHRASES. TO ME,
THESE ARE MORE THAN JUST MAPS. THEY ALSO INCLUDE LIVING, LOVING AND REAL LIFE SCENARIOS
THAT MAY HAVE WENT ON – NOT JUST BORING HISTORY BITS AND PIECES. AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE
PICTURE, GENTLE BREEZE IS AN ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL INDIAN GIRL AND LOOK CLOSE – SHE IS
SOMBER AND SO LADY-LIKE AND GENTLE. GENTLE BREEZE IS WHAT MANY MEN WOULD WANT THEIR
WOMEN TO BE. THERE SHE IS HOLDING SOME BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS LOOKING OUT OVER THE
CUYAHOGA RIVER. ALL DAY LONG, SWIFT EAGLE HAS BEEN SHOWING OFF HIS MUSCLES TRYING TO GET
HER ATTENTION BUT HE IS TOO NAIVE TO KNOW, HE ALREADY HAS. GENTLE BREEZE WANTS SWIFT
EAGLE TO BE HER MAN AND THROWS ANOTHER BRAVE NAMED STRONG BEAR INTO THE CONVERSATION
WHO ALSO HAS SHOWN AN INTEREST IN HER. SWIFT EAGLE ANGRILY POINTS OUT THAT STRONG BEAR
DOESN’T HAVE THE STRENGTH OF A LAZY RODENT. SWIFT EAGLE DOESN’T KNOW THAT GENTLE BREEZE
HAS NO INTEREST IN STRONG BEAR AND CALMLY AND COLLECTIVELY GOT THE RESPONSE SHE HAD
BEEN WAITING FOR FROM SWIFT EAGLE. HE ASKED HER, “DO I NOT LOOK STRONG, WOMAN?” AND SHE
GENTLY REPLIED, “YES, YOU DO AND IF YOU WANT ME, YOU MUST ALSO BE GENTLE.” WITHOUT ANY
HESITATION, SWIFT EAGLE SAID “I WILL BE GENTLE.” IF IN REAL LIFE, THIS WAS TO TAKE PLACE JUST AS
DESCRIBED, THEIR LOVE WOULD GO ON FOREVER. TO ANSWER THE QUESTION OF WHO WAS GENTLE
BREEZE – MORE THAN A DRAWING.
MR. FULL-OF-@#IT. YOU’RE HOW OLD – 50? THERE AIN’T NO OLD DUDE LIKE YOU THAT’S GOING TO
WALK THAT FAR. I’M 29 AND THAT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME, SO WHERE DO YOU GET OFF?
I GOT OFF AT LOCK 55 AT THE OHIO RIVER AFTER WALKING 156 HOURS. SO, YOU’RE A VERY LAZY 29-
YEAR-OLD PERSON, SO, THAT NOT MY PROBLEM. I SUSPECT YOUR FINGERS HURT FROM USING THE
REMOTE AND THE KEYBOARD AND YOUR BUTT PROBABLY HURTS FROM SITTING SO LONG. WELL,
GUESS WHAT? MY DON’T, ONLY BECAUSE AT MY DECREPIT AGE OF 50, I PRIDE MYSELF ON KEEPING
MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY IN SHAPE. WHEN I WAS YOUR AGE RAISING A FAMILY, WORKING AROUND
THE CLOCK AND WAS COMPLETELY WORE OUT, I’LL BET THIS OLD MAN COULD STILL OUT-PERFORM
YOU. YOU SOUND LIKE THE SAME GUY A YEAR AGO WHO CHALLENGED ME TO A 20 MILE WALK AND
NEVER SHOWED UP. HOW ‘BOUT JUST WALKING 10 MILES WITH ME. IF IT GETS TOO HARD AND YOU
START WHINING, I’LL CARRY YOUR BACKPACK.
JOHNNY APPLESEED. IN RESPONSE TO ONE OF YOUR EMAIL'S, THAT 29-YEAR-OLD LAZY GUY WHO DIDN’
T BELIEVE IN YOUR ABILITIES, NEVER MET YOU FACE-TO-FACE. WELL, THIS IS TO HIM. JEFF IS ONE BIG
STRONG MAN. YOU WOULDN’T KNOW HE WAS HIS AGE AND IF YOU WOULD EVER TAKE HIM UP ON THAT
10 MILE WALK, YOU WOULD’T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT NOT MAKING IT TO DINNER THAT NIGHT BECAUSE
YOU COLLAPSED ON THE TOW PATH, ONLY BECAUSE HE WOULD JUST CARRY YOU HOME TO YOUR
MOMMY. JEFF IS A REAL DANIEL BOONE KIND OF GUY AND I SURELY WOULD’T WANT TO PICK A FIGHT
WITH HIM.
MR. JED CLAMPETT. WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE CALLING ME A LAZY 29-YEAR-OLD DUDE? I AIN’T
NO COUCH POTATO EITHER. MAN, I’LL BET THE WHOLE TIME YOU WERE IN THOSE WOODS,
HELICOPTER RESCUE CREWS WERE ON STAND-BY TO FLY YOUR OLD, TIRED –SS OUT.
YOU KNOW YOU’RE RIGHT. I HAD NO RIGHT BEING SO INSENSITIVE, INSINUATING YOU WERE A COUCH
POTATO. WELL, THAT’S NOT FAIR TO A POTATO. I’M SURE EVEN A POTATO THESE DAYS HAS RIGHTS. A
POTATO UNLIKE YOU, WILL EVENTUALLY DO SOMETHING, EVEN IF IT MEANS GETTING COOKED. ON THAT
THOUGHT, MAY BE YOU WILL TOO. I CHANGED SOME OF YOUR UGLY WORDS. IF YOU WISH TO CONTINUE
THIS, WATCH THE LANGUAGE, MR. POTATO HEAD!
MR. CLAMPETT. YOU BIG OLD DUMB CANALWAYMAN. WHEN THAT BIG OLD FARM BOY WEARING ALL
THAT CAMOUFLAGE WHO WAS AFTER YOU FOR THOSE THREE HOUR S IN THE WOODS, A MAN WITH
YOUR INTELLIGENCE SHOULD HAVE FIGURED OUT HE ONLY WANTED A GIRLFRIEND AND YOU
SHOULD HAVE STOPPED AND WAITED.
YOU KNOW, THAT’S CUTE. AND THIS IS THE LAST TIME I’LL POST ANYTHING FROM YOU, BUT THERE IS A
BIG DIFFERENCE IN US. FIRST OF ALL, I’M A MAN AND NOT SOME BIG SISSY WHO HIDES BEHIND HIS
COMPUTER. WHEN THAT BIG GUY WAS FOLLOWING ME THOSE THREE HOURS, HE WAS CONTEMPLATING
AN ASSAULT AND HELD OFF ONLY BECAUSE OF MY SIZE, BUT IF IT WAS YOU IN THE WOODS, YOU WOULD
HAVE BEEN HIS GIRLFRIEND IN THREE MINUTES – SO, GOOD BYE.
HEY PUMPKIN SEED. YOU SEEM TO BE WELL-VERSED IN THE OHIO & ERIE CANAL AND ITS RIVERS.
YOUR BOOK EXPLAINS AN AWFUL LOT. WHAT WAS THE DAM CALLED THAT RAN BETWEEN LOCK 24
AND LOCK 25 ON THE TUSCARWAS RIVER?
THAT’S MR. PUMPKIN SEED TO YOU. I’VE BEEN OVER THAT AREA SEVERAL TIMES AND THERE IS SOME
TYPE OF EVIDENCE THAT A STRUCTURE WAS IN THAT AREA ALONG THE RIVER. THIS AREA LIES MAY BE ½
MILE WEST OF UNUSUAL JUNCTION. I WILL INVESTIGATE THE AREA FURTHER SOME DAY AND POST MY
RESULTS AND JUST FOR THE SAKE OF ACCURACY, IT’S JOHNNY APPLESEED
MR APPLESEED, THATS REALLY SOMETHING HOW THAT 29 YEAR OLD COUCH POTATO AND YOU
WENT AT IT, i'M A PROFESSIONAL BIKE RIDER AND HAVE RODE THE ENTIRE TOWPATH FROM
BARBERTON TO CINCINNATI ON THE OHIO CANAL IN 44 HOURS AT 54 YEARS OLD I'LL CHALLENGE
YOU TO A LONG HARD WALK. LET ME KNOW.
WELL FIRST OF ALL MY WORK ON THE OHIO & ERIE CANAL WASN'T INTENDED TO LEAVE ME UP FOR
CHALLENGES, I WILL DECLINE BUT YOUR ONE SPECIAL INDIVIDUAL AND THATS BECAUSE YOU ROAD
YOUR BIKE ON THE MYSTERY CANAL AND WHY IS THAT? BECAUSE IT'S A MYSTERY TO ME WHERE THIS
CANAL IS, THERE IS NO OHIO CANAL IN OHIO AND THE OHIO & ERIE CANAL GOES FROM CLEVELAND TO
PORTSMOUTH.
The Indian Madden Gentle Breeze
HELLO JEFF MAXIMOVICH, CANALWAYMAN. JEFF, I AM AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE CANAL SOCIETY
HERE AND IN OTHER NEIGHBORING STATES. I HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING YOUR WEBSITE. I WOULD LIKE
YOU TO POST WHAT I HAVE TO SAY FOR THE INDIVIDUALS WHO FEEL AS IF THEY HAVE TO RUN YOU
THROUGH A RIGOROUS RUNAROUND AND TESTING OF YOUR KNOWLEDGE. I’LL ADMIT IT, JEFF IS
PRETTY NEW ON THE SCENE BUT DON’T LET THAT CONFUSE YOU WITH HIM BEING A NOVICE ON THE
SUBJECT OF THE OHIO & ERIE CANAL. THIS MAN HAS GONE OVER THE SAME GROUND THAT MANY
OF US HAVE FOR AT LEAST HALF A CENTURY. IN DOING SO, HE HAS MADE SO MANY DISCOVERIES
THAT SEVERAL OF US I RELUCTANTLY HAVE TO ADMIT, WE PASSED RIGHT BY. HIS WORK IS
PROBABLY THE MOST ACCURATE TO THIS DAY. AFTER OBSERVING WHAT JEFF HAS BEEN DOING, IT
DOESN'T’T LEAVE MUCH ROOM FOR ANYONE TO RETRACE HIS STEPS OR TRY TO CORRECT HIS
INFORMATION. OBVIOUSLY, HIS HEART AND SOUL IS IN HIS WORK. I HAVE MANY FRIENDS WHO ARE
INVOLVED IN THE SAME TYPE OF RESEARCH. ALL OF US KNOW THAT THE WORK JEFF DOES, STANDS
OUT. THE OFFER WILL ALWAYS BE GOOD IF YOU WOULD WISH TO JOIN US.
HERE AND IN OTHER NEIGHBORING STATES. I HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING YOUR WEBSITE. I WOULD LIKE
YOU TO POST WHAT I HAVE TO SAY FOR THE INDIVIDUALS WHO FEEL AS IF THEY HAVE TO RUN YOU
THROUGH A RIGOROUS RUNAROUND AND TESTING OF YOUR KNOWLEDGE. I’LL ADMIT IT, JEFF IS
PRETTY NEW ON THE SCENE BUT DON’T LET THAT CONFUSE YOU WITH HIM BEING A NOVICE ON THE
SUBJECT OF THE OHIO & ERIE CANAL. THIS MAN HAS GONE OVER THE SAME GROUND THAT MANY
OF US HAVE FOR AT LEAST HALF A CENTURY. IN DOING SO, HE HAS MADE SO MANY DISCOVERIES
THAT SEVERAL OF US I RELUCTANTLY HAVE TO ADMIT, WE PASSED RIGHT BY. HIS WORK IS
PROBABLY THE MOST ACCURATE TO THIS DAY. AFTER OBSERVING WHAT JEFF HAS BEEN DOING, IT
DOESN'T’T LEAVE MUCH ROOM FOR ANYONE TO RETRACE HIS STEPS OR TRY TO CORRECT HIS
INFORMATION. OBVIOUSLY, HIS HEART AND SOUL IS IN HIS WORK. I HAVE MANY FRIENDS WHO ARE
INVOLVED IN THE SAME TYPE OF RESEARCH. ALL OF US KNOW THAT THE WORK JEFF DOES, STANDS
OUT. THE OFFER WILL ALWAYS BE GOOD IF YOU WOULD WISH TO JOIN US.
CANALWAYMAN. IT’S CLEAR TO ME THAT YOU REALLY KNOW YOUR BUSINESS. WHY HAVE PEOPLE
TRIED TO TRIVIALIZE YOUR WORK? HOPING TO FIND FAULT IS BEYOND ME. DID YOU EVER EXPECT SO
MANY EXPERTS TO CONTACT YOU?
NO, BUT IT DOES KEEP ME SHARP AND IF I WOULD EVER STUMBLE ON ANY QUESTION PERTAINING TO
THE OHIO AND ERIE CANAL THAT I DIDN’T KNOW, I WOULD ADMIT IT AND WOULD FIND OUT THE ANSWER
.
JOHNNY APPLE SEED KNOW IT ALL…..IN ONE OF YOUR PREVIOUS DOCUMENTATIONS YOU MADE THE
RIDICULOUS CLAIM THE OHIO AND ERIE CANAL CUT STRAIGHT THRU THE CHILLICOTHE PRISON
GROUNDS. I’M NOT SORRY TO TELL YOU THAT YOU’RE CLEARLY WRONG, THE CANAL PREVIOUSLY
RAN TO THE EAST OF RT. 104.
HELLO,,,,,,THE PRISON IS ALSO EAST OF RT. 104 BUT YOUR RIGHT, THE CANAL WASN’T CUT THRU THE
GROUNDS, THE PRISON IS OVER TOP OF THE OHIO AND ERIE CANAL,,,THAT’S WHAT I SAID.
CANALWAYMAN. SO YOU’RE A SPECIALIST ON INDIAN AFFAIRS ALSO? IN BARBERTON, YOU MADE
THE CLAIM THAT THE INDIAN CHIEF HOPOCAN WAS THE MAKER OF DAYLIGHT. WHERE DID YOU GET
THIS NONSENSE? HOPOCAN WAS THE ROAD THAT LED INTO HOPOCAN GARDENS CHICKEN
RESTAURANT. MAN, YOU BIG DUMMY! BARBERTON IS THE CHICKEN CAPITAL OF THE WORLD. STICK
TO THE CANAL STUFF.
YOU HAVE EATEN A LOT OF CHICKEN THAT’S FOR SURE. CHIEF HOPOCAN WAS ONCE THE LEADER OF
THE DELAWARE INDIANS WHOSE HOME WAS ON THE BANKS OF THE TUSC . I CAN’T SAY WHETHER HE
INVENTED DAYLIGHT OR NOT, BUT HE WAS AS REAL AS THE HUGE AMOUNT OF CHICKEN YOU EAT EVERY
DAY. IF YOU CAN PULL YOURSELF AWAY FROM THAT BUCKET OF CHICKEN AND GET DOWN TO THE
CORNER OF I BELIEVE NORTON RD AND WOOSTER AVE., THERE IS A STATUE. READ THE PLAQUE AND I
‘LL BET THAT YOU DIDN’T KNOW THE ORIGINAL NAME OF YOUR CHICKEN CAPITAL BEFORE O.C. BARBER
CAME ALONG. IT WAS CALLED NEW PORTAGE. I DON’T KNOWN ABOUT BARBERTON BEING THE CHICKEN
CAPITOL BUT IT WAS ONCE THE MATCH CAPITOL OF THE WORLD.
JOHNNY APPLE SEED. WAS CLEVELAND AND PORTSMOUTH A PRODUCT OF THE OHIO AND ERIE
CANAL?
CLEAVELAND WAS AROUND SINCE THE 1790S. IT WASN’T INCORPORATED UNTIL THE EARLY 1800S. ITS
EARLY SPELLING WAS DIFFERENT - IT WAS “ CLEVELAND” AND PORTSMOUTH WAS FRENCH AND A
COLONIAL TRADING POST ALONG THE OHIO RIVER YEARS BEFORE THE CANAL COME ALONG.
CANALWAYMAN. I LIVE IN WAVERLY WHICH IS SITUATED IN PIKE COUNTY. DEAD SMACK IN THE
MIDDLE OF TOWN IS LOCK 34. IS THAT ITS ORIGINAL LOCATION?
THAT PILE OF BLOCKS SITS AT THE ORIGINAL LOCATION BUT REALLY DOESN’T RESEMBLE MUCH OF A
LOCK. IF I HAD TO MAKE A GUESS, THE SIDE FACING THE ROAD IS THE WEST WALL OF THE LOCK
CHAMBER AND THE PART FACING THE SOUTH IS THE TUMBLE OR ITS WATER FALL. MANY YEARS AGO,
THE STAHLER BROTHERS MILL SAT RIGHT THERE AT LOCK 44 (NOT LOCK 34)!
JOHNNY APPLE SEED. YOUR QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ARE GREAT BUT YOU’RE OFTEN WRONG. I
BELIEVE YOU GOOFED UP. YOU SAID IN THE TOWN OF BALTIMORE THAT THE SIGN PLACED NEXT TO
THE BED AND BREAKFAST IS IN THE WRONG PLACE. THAT SIGN STATES THE AREA TO BE THE AREA
OF DRY DOCK FIVE. ARE YOU SMARTER THAN THE STATE OF OHIO?
I GUESS THAT I AM IF THEY’RE THE ONES WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE, BUT THEY’RE PROBABLY NOT. A LOT
OF TIMES, THEY GO ON THE WORDS OF THE LOCAL HISTORIANS. BUT I DO HATE IT WHEN I’M WRONG. SO
LETS SEE, 3/8 OF A MILE TO THE SOUTH EAST OF THE BED AND BREAKFAST IS THE REMAINS OF LOCK 7
CALLED WELLS MILLS AND 1/8 OF A MILE NORTH WEST IS LOCK 6 WHICH IS MULNIX MILLS OR AT LEAST
THE LOCATION OF WHERE IT ONCE SAT BELOW THE WATER TOWER. SO LET’S SEE AND THINK ABOUT
THIS A LITTLE. MAY BE THE COUNTING DOWN THERE IS DIFFERENT. IF LOCK 5 CALLED DRYDOCK IS
BETWEEN LOCK 6 AND LOCK 7, YOU WOULD COUNT LIKE THIS 123465789. THE CORRECT WAY IS
123456789. THE AREA IN QUESTION WAS A BASIN. LOCK 5 DOES EXIST IN THE AREA TO THE
NORTH ALONG CANAL ROAD WHERE THERE IS STILL THE REMAINS OF LOCK 5 CALLED DRY DOCK.
JOHNNY APPLESEED. WHY IS IT CALLED THREE LOCKS ROAD WHEN IT ACTUALLY HAS 4 LOCKS?
FOR THE PEOPLE WHO DON’T KNOW THE WHEREABOUTS OF THIS AREA, IT’S ONLY A FEW MILES SOUTH
OF CHILLICOTHE WHERE RT. 23 HEADS TOWARDS WAVERLY AND THERE IS A SPLIT IN THE ROAD THAT
FOLLOWS THE CANAL. ON THIS ROAD, WERE FOUR LOCKS. THE NAMES ARE THE TOMLINSON LOCKS
41,42,43. THE 4TH LOCK WAS NOT NAVIGATED AND SERVED TWO PURPOSES ONE OF WHICH WAS A
CONTROLLED FEEDER GATE. THE OTHER PURPOSE WAS A GUARD LOCK. ANOTHER INTERESTING
THING ABOUT THIS AREA, A DAM ONCE SPANNED THE SCIOTO RIVER NEXT TO THE GUARD LOCK AND AT
625 FEET ACROSS THE RIVER, YOU CAN STILL SEE THE BLOCKS ON THE FAR SIDE OF THE DAM.
MR. CANALWAYMAN. RECENTLY, I WAS TOLD THAT AKRON’S SUMMIT WAS THE EQUATOR DIVIDE. IS
THIS TRUE?
THIS QUESTION FALLS INTO ANOTHER QUESTION AND ANSWER CATEGORY. OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, IT’
S NOT TRUE BUT THERE IS TRUTH TO THE QUESTION IF YOU TAKE OUT THE WORD “EQUATOR”. AKRON
LIES ON THE ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. ALL OF THE WATER NORTH OF AKRON
FLOWS TO THE GREAT LAKES AND GOING SOUTH PAST BARBERTON, IT GOES EITHER TO THE ATLANTIC
OR THE GULF OF MEXICO.
MR. KNOW NOTHING MAN. I HAVE JUST BEEN WAITING FOR YOU TO SLIP UP. YOU TOLD THAT FELLOW
THAT THERE WAS NO OHIO CANAL IN OHIO. THEN, WHAT IS IT – THE “IRAQ CANAL”? GOTCHA!!!
ARE YOU SURE THAT YOU WERE ON THE OHIO & ERIE CANAL WHEN YOU WERE MAKING THAT LONG
WALK? IT WOULD BE SO NICE TO ONLY HAVE THE NICE PEOPLE EMAIL ME, BUT I’LL ADMIT IT, I’VE BEEN
HAD. AFTER DECIPHERING YOUR EMAIL, THERE WERE 51 WORDS AND ONLY THREE OF THEM WERE
SPELLED CORRECTLY - MR., IS & IT. I DON’T KNOW WHERE THE IRAQ CANAL IS AND I DON’T KNOW
WHERE THE OHIO CANAL IS BUT I STILL REMEMBER WALKING THE OHIO & ERIE CANAL.
MR. CANAL EXPERT. DURING THE MULE SHORTAGE YEARS, ALONG THE TOWPATHS OF THE GREAT
OHIO & ERIE CANAL, WHAT PULLED THE BOATS?
DON’T YOU KNOW – RABBITS!
CANALWAYMAN. CAN YOU SUBSTANTIATE THAT THE MILL AT LOCK 47 WAS REMOVED AND ENDED
UP IN CHILLICOTHE AS CLAIMED IN YOUR BOOK.
YES, I CAN AND THE BOOK PRETTY MUCH TELLS EXACTLY HOW IT TOOK PLACE.
CANALWAYMAN. JUST OUT OF CURIOUSITY, AS I WAS LEAVING CIRCLEVILLE ON RT. 22 WEST, JUST
BEYOND THE SCIOTO RIVER, WHAT IS THAT CONCRETE STRUCTURE OFF TO THE LEFT?
A MILL OPERATED THERE. I’LL PULL THE ANSWER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. THE OPERATOR AND
BUILDER I BELIEVE WAS DAVID ADAMS. THIS AREA WAS AN IDEAL PLACE TO PUT IN A MILL. THE REASON
IS, THE OHIO & ERIE CANAL WAS 16’ HIGHER THAN THE SCIOTO RIVER IN THAT AREA. THAT CREATED AN
OPPORTUNITY TO RUN A MILL WITH THE WATER DROPPING BACK THROUGH A MILL RACE BACK TO THE
SCIOTO RIVER BUT LESS THAN A MILE SOUTH, THE CANAL GOT REGENERATED AT THE CIRCLEVILLE
FEEDER.
TRIED TO TRIVIALIZE YOUR WORK? HOPING TO FIND FAULT IS BEYOND ME. DID YOU EVER EXPECT SO
MANY EXPERTS TO CONTACT YOU?
NO, BUT IT DOES KEEP ME SHARP AND IF I WOULD EVER STUMBLE ON ANY QUESTION PERTAINING TO
THE OHIO AND ERIE CANAL THAT I DIDN’T KNOW, I WOULD ADMIT IT AND WOULD FIND OUT THE ANSWER
.
JOHNNY APPLE SEED KNOW IT ALL…..IN ONE OF YOUR PREVIOUS DOCUMENTATIONS YOU MADE THE
RIDICULOUS CLAIM THE OHIO AND ERIE CANAL CUT STRAIGHT THRU THE CHILLICOTHE PRISON
GROUNDS. I’M NOT SORRY TO TELL YOU THAT YOU’RE CLEARLY WRONG, THE CANAL PREVIOUSLY
RAN TO THE EAST OF RT. 104.
HELLO,,,,,,THE PRISON IS ALSO EAST OF RT. 104 BUT YOUR RIGHT, THE CANAL WASN’T CUT THRU THE
GROUNDS, THE PRISON IS OVER TOP OF THE OHIO AND ERIE CANAL,,,THAT’S WHAT I SAID.
CANALWAYMAN. SO YOU’RE A SPECIALIST ON INDIAN AFFAIRS ALSO? IN BARBERTON, YOU MADE
THE CLAIM THAT THE INDIAN CHIEF HOPOCAN WAS THE MAKER OF DAYLIGHT. WHERE DID YOU GET
THIS NONSENSE? HOPOCAN WAS THE ROAD THAT LED INTO HOPOCAN GARDENS CHICKEN
RESTAURANT. MAN, YOU BIG DUMMY! BARBERTON IS THE CHICKEN CAPITAL OF THE WORLD. STICK
TO THE CANAL STUFF.
YOU HAVE EATEN A LOT OF CHICKEN THAT’S FOR SURE. CHIEF HOPOCAN WAS ONCE THE LEADER OF
THE DELAWARE INDIANS WHOSE HOME WAS ON THE BANKS OF THE TUSC . I CAN’T SAY WHETHER HE
INVENTED DAYLIGHT OR NOT, BUT HE WAS AS REAL AS THE HUGE AMOUNT OF CHICKEN YOU EAT EVERY
DAY. IF YOU CAN PULL YOURSELF AWAY FROM THAT BUCKET OF CHICKEN AND GET DOWN TO THE
CORNER OF I BELIEVE NORTON RD AND WOOSTER AVE., THERE IS A STATUE. READ THE PLAQUE AND I
‘LL BET THAT YOU DIDN’T KNOW THE ORIGINAL NAME OF YOUR CHICKEN CAPITAL BEFORE O.C. BARBER
CAME ALONG. IT WAS CALLED NEW PORTAGE. I DON’T KNOWN ABOUT BARBERTON BEING THE CHICKEN
CAPITOL BUT IT WAS ONCE THE MATCH CAPITOL OF THE WORLD.
JOHNNY APPLE SEED. WAS CLEVELAND AND PORTSMOUTH A PRODUCT OF THE OHIO AND ERIE
CANAL?
CLEAVELAND WAS AROUND SINCE THE 1790S. IT WASN’T INCORPORATED UNTIL THE EARLY 1800S. ITS
EARLY SPELLING WAS DIFFERENT - IT WAS “ CLEVELAND” AND PORTSMOUTH WAS FRENCH AND A
COLONIAL TRADING POST ALONG THE OHIO RIVER YEARS BEFORE THE CANAL COME ALONG.
CANALWAYMAN. I LIVE IN WAVERLY WHICH IS SITUATED IN PIKE COUNTY. DEAD SMACK IN THE
MIDDLE OF TOWN IS LOCK 34. IS THAT ITS ORIGINAL LOCATION?
THAT PILE OF BLOCKS SITS AT THE ORIGINAL LOCATION BUT REALLY DOESN’T RESEMBLE MUCH OF A
LOCK. IF I HAD TO MAKE A GUESS, THE SIDE FACING THE ROAD IS THE WEST WALL OF THE LOCK
CHAMBER AND THE PART FACING THE SOUTH IS THE TUMBLE OR ITS WATER FALL. MANY YEARS AGO,
THE STAHLER BROTHERS MILL SAT RIGHT THERE AT LOCK 44 (NOT LOCK 34)!
JOHNNY APPLE SEED. YOUR QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ARE GREAT BUT YOU’RE OFTEN WRONG. I
BELIEVE YOU GOOFED UP. YOU SAID IN THE TOWN OF BALTIMORE THAT THE SIGN PLACED NEXT TO
THE BED AND BREAKFAST IS IN THE WRONG PLACE. THAT SIGN STATES THE AREA TO BE THE AREA
OF DRY DOCK FIVE. ARE YOU SMARTER THAN THE STATE OF OHIO?
I GUESS THAT I AM IF THEY’RE THE ONES WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE, BUT THEY’RE PROBABLY NOT. A LOT
OF TIMES, THEY GO ON THE WORDS OF THE LOCAL HISTORIANS. BUT I DO HATE IT WHEN I’M WRONG. SO
LETS SEE, 3/8 OF A MILE TO THE SOUTH EAST OF THE BED AND BREAKFAST IS THE REMAINS OF LOCK 7
CALLED WELLS MILLS AND 1/8 OF A MILE NORTH WEST IS LOCK 6 WHICH IS MULNIX MILLS OR AT LEAST
THE LOCATION OF WHERE IT ONCE SAT BELOW THE WATER TOWER. SO LET’S SEE AND THINK ABOUT
THIS A LITTLE. MAY BE THE COUNTING DOWN THERE IS DIFFERENT. IF LOCK 5 CALLED DRYDOCK IS
BETWEEN LOCK 6 AND LOCK 7, YOU WOULD COUNT LIKE THIS 123465789. THE CORRECT WAY IS
123456789. THE AREA IN QUESTION WAS A BASIN. LOCK 5 DOES EXIST IN THE AREA TO THE
NORTH ALONG CANAL ROAD WHERE THERE IS STILL THE REMAINS OF LOCK 5 CALLED DRY DOCK.
JOHNNY APPLESEED. WHY IS IT CALLED THREE LOCKS ROAD WHEN IT ACTUALLY HAS 4 LOCKS?
FOR THE PEOPLE WHO DON’T KNOW THE WHEREABOUTS OF THIS AREA, IT’S ONLY A FEW MILES SOUTH
OF CHILLICOTHE WHERE RT. 23 HEADS TOWARDS WAVERLY AND THERE IS A SPLIT IN THE ROAD THAT
FOLLOWS THE CANAL. ON THIS ROAD, WERE FOUR LOCKS. THE NAMES ARE THE TOMLINSON LOCKS
41,42,43. THE 4TH LOCK WAS NOT NAVIGATED AND SERVED TWO PURPOSES ONE OF WHICH WAS A
CONTROLLED FEEDER GATE. THE OTHER PURPOSE WAS A GUARD LOCK. ANOTHER INTERESTING
THING ABOUT THIS AREA, A DAM ONCE SPANNED THE SCIOTO RIVER NEXT TO THE GUARD LOCK AND AT
625 FEET ACROSS THE RIVER, YOU CAN STILL SEE THE BLOCKS ON THE FAR SIDE OF THE DAM.
MR. CANALWAYMAN. RECENTLY, I WAS TOLD THAT AKRON’S SUMMIT WAS THE EQUATOR DIVIDE. IS
THIS TRUE?
THIS QUESTION FALLS INTO ANOTHER QUESTION AND ANSWER CATEGORY. OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, IT’
S NOT TRUE BUT THERE IS TRUTH TO THE QUESTION IF YOU TAKE OUT THE WORD “EQUATOR”. AKRON
LIES ON THE ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. ALL OF THE WATER NORTH OF AKRON
FLOWS TO THE GREAT LAKES AND GOING SOUTH PAST BARBERTON, IT GOES EITHER TO THE ATLANTIC
OR THE GULF OF MEXICO.
MR. KNOW NOTHING MAN. I HAVE JUST BEEN WAITING FOR YOU TO SLIP UP. YOU TOLD THAT FELLOW
THAT THERE WAS NO OHIO CANAL IN OHIO. THEN, WHAT IS IT – THE “IRAQ CANAL”? GOTCHA!!!
ARE YOU SURE THAT YOU WERE ON THE OHIO & ERIE CANAL WHEN YOU WERE MAKING THAT LONG
WALK? IT WOULD BE SO NICE TO ONLY HAVE THE NICE PEOPLE EMAIL ME, BUT I’LL ADMIT IT, I’VE BEEN
HAD. AFTER DECIPHERING YOUR EMAIL, THERE WERE 51 WORDS AND ONLY THREE OF THEM WERE
SPELLED CORRECTLY - MR., IS & IT. I DON’T KNOW WHERE THE IRAQ CANAL IS AND I DON’T KNOW
WHERE THE OHIO CANAL IS BUT I STILL REMEMBER WALKING THE OHIO & ERIE CANAL.
MR. CANAL EXPERT. DURING THE MULE SHORTAGE YEARS, ALONG THE TOWPATHS OF THE GREAT
OHIO & ERIE CANAL, WHAT PULLED THE BOATS?
DON’T YOU KNOW – RABBITS!
CANALWAYMAN. CAN YOU SUBSTANTIATE THAT THE MILL AT LOCK 47 WAS REMOVED AND ENDED
UP IN CHILLICOTHE AS CLAIMED IN YOUR BOOK.
YES, I CAN AND THE BOOK PRETTY MUCH TELLS EXACTLY HOW IT TOOK PLACE.
CANALWAYMAN. JUST OUT OF CURIOUSITY, AS I WAS LEAVING CIRCLEVILLE ON RT. 22 WEST, JUST
BEYOND THE SCIOTO RIVER, WHAT IS THAT CONCRETE STRUCTURE OFF TO THE LEFT?
A MILL OPERATED THERE. I’LL PULL THE ANSWER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. THE OPERATOR AND
BUILDER I BELIEVE WAS DAVID ADAMS. THIS AREA WAS AN IDEAL PLACE TO PUT IN A MILL. THE REASON
IS, THE OHIO & ERIE CANAL WAS 16’ HIGHER THAN THE SCIOTO RIVER IN THAT AREA. THAT CREATED AN
OPPORTUNITY TO RUN A MILL WITH THE WATER DROPPING BACK THROUGH A MILL RACE BACK TO THE
SCIOTO RIVER BUT LESS THAN A MILE SOUTH, THE CANAL GOT REGENERATED AT THE CIRCLEVILLE
FEEDER.