The Ohio & Erie Canal: The Evolution of a Name, 1825-1996
Tamburro S. 2002. The Ohio & Erie Canal: The Evolution of a Name, 1825-1996
This report argues that the people who built, traveled on, and made a living off of the canal called it the "Ohio Canal". Understanding why the common name was "Ohio Canal" provides further understanding to the canal's importance and significance to the everyday lives of nineteenth-century Ohioans.