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sections:
General Links
Links to Places Featured in this Itinerary
Bibliography
Children's Bibliography
General
Links
Canal
Society of Ohio
The
Canal Society of Ohio, founded in 1961, is a non-profit organization
dedicated to the study and preservation of the canals of Ohio.
Cuyahoga
Valley National Park
The Cuyahoga Valley National Park encompasses 33,000 acres along
the banks of the Cuyahoga River. Remains of the Ohio and Erie Canal,
which traveled through the valley in the 19th and early 20th centuries,
offer a glimpse into the canal era.
Historic
American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/Historic
American Landscape Survey (HABS/HAER/HALS)
The HABS/HAER/HALS program documents important architectural, engineering,
industrial and landscape sites throughout the United States and
its territories. Their collections, including a number of places
highlighted in this itinerary, are archived at the Library of Congress
and available online. You can view these by clicking on the link
above and entering the search terms such as the name of the town
or specific site.
National
Park Service Office of Tourism
National Parks have been interwoven with tourism from their earliest
days. The website highlights the ways in which the National Park
Service promotes and supports sustainable, responsible, informed,
and managed visitor use through cooperation and coordination with
the tourism industry.
National
Trust for Historic Preservation
Learn about the programs of and membership in the oldest nonprofit
preservation organization.
Ohio
Canal Corridor
The Ohio Canal Corridor is dedicated to create a park system that
follows the route of the historic Ohio Canal from Cleveland through
Zoar to Dover/New Philadelphia by promoting historic preservation
and interpretation expanded recreational opportunities and sensitive
economic developments.
Ohio
Department of Natural Resources, Division of Water, Canal Lands
The Operations Program maintains and operates the Miami and Erie,
and Ohio and Erie canal systems. The staff assesses real estate,
reviews land leases and water sales contracts, and inspects canal-related
construction.
Ohio
Division of Travel and Tourism
From world-class cities teeming with arts and culture to quaint
small towns, thrilling amusement parks, exhilarating outdoor adventure
and important historic sites, you'll soon see Ohio truly has So
much to Discover!
Ohio
and Erie Canalway Coalition
Established
in 1989, the Ohio and Erie Canalway Coalition is a private, non-profit
organization working on the development of the Ohio and Erie Canal
Heritage Canalway. The Coalition provides educational programs,
events and publications about the Heritage Canalway while developing
strong working relationships with partners to preserve and interpret
the natural, historical and recreational resources throughout the
corridor.
Ohio
Historical Society Ohio Historic Preservation Office
The Ohio Historical Society (OHS) conducts an expanded range of
activities related to interpreting, collecting and preserving the
state's heritage. In the last century, the society has collected
more than 1.5 million items pertaining to Ohio's history, archaeology,
and natural history. One of the largest state historical organizations
in the country, OHS now has membership of over 9,000.
Ohio Traveler.com
Offers information on Ohio tourism, including festivals, events,
and lodging.
Cleveland
Metroparks
Cleveland Metroparks will conserve significant natural resources
and enhance people's lives by providing safe, high-quality outdoor
education, recreation, and zoological opportunities. Further, Cleveland
Metroparks Zoo is committed to improving the future for wildlife.
Metro
Parks: Serving Summit County
The mission of Metro Parks, Serving Summit County is to acquire,
conserve, and manage natural resources and to provide the public
with safe, outdoor recreational and educational opportunities through
a system of regional, natural-area parks.
Stark
County Park District: State Park
The mission of the Stark County Park District in Stark County, Ohio
is to acquire, preserve and develop natural areas accessible to
all residents of Stark County for purposes of passive recreation,
conservation, education and outdoor nature appreciation.
Links
to Places Featured in this Travel Itinerary
Cleveland
Warehouse District
Old
Stone Church
Historic
Gateway Neighborhood (East Fourth Street Historic District and Lower
Prospect—Huron Historic District)
Playhouse
Square Group
Dunham
Tavern
Franklin
Boulevard —West Clinton Avenue Historic District
Ohio City Preservation District
Tremont Historic District
Jones
Home for Children
Brooklyn Centre Historic District
Stephen
Frazee House
Ohio and Erie Canal; also
contact the Cuyahoga
Valley Historical Museum
Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railway
Peninsula Village Historic District
Hudson
Historic District
Stan
Hywet Hall
Col.
Simon Perkins Mansion
Cascade
Locks Historic District
Loew’s Theater
Hower
Mansion
Anna-Dean Farm
Clinton
Ohio and Erie Canal Historic District
William
McKinley Tomb
City
National Bank Building
Saxton
House
Canal Fulton Historic District or Hudson Historic District
Zoar
Historic District and http://www.zca.org/
Jeremiah
Reeves House and Carriage House
Schoenbrunn
Site
Selected Bibliography
Adams, James Truslow, ed. Dictionary of American History.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940.
Callahan, Nelson J. & William F. Hickey. Irish Americans
and Their Communities of Cleveland. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland
State University (Cleveland Ethnic Heritage Studies series), 1978.
Cayton, Andrew R.L. Ohio: The History of a People. Chicago:
Ohio State University Press, 2002.
Fernandez, Kathleen M. A Singular People: Images of Zoar. Kent,
OH: Kent State University Press, July 2003.
Grabowski, John J. Sports in Cleveland: An Illustrated History
(Encyclopedia of Cleveland History, Vol 2.).
Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1992.
Grabowski, John J. and Diane Ewart Grabowski. Cleveland Then
& Now. Berkeley,CA:
Thunder Bay Press, 2002.
Havighurst,Walter. Ohio: A History.
Champaign,
IL:University of Illinois Press, 2001.
Holloway, Mark. Heavens on Earth : Utopian Communities in America
1680-1880. New York: Dover Publications, 1966.
Larson, Doris. Great Inn Getaways from Cleveland. Cleveland,
OH: Gray & Company Publishers, 2004.
Long, Tim and Don Fox. Indians Memories: Heroes, Heartaches
and Highlights from the Last 50 Years of Cleveland Indians.
Cleveland, OH: Gray & Company Publishers, 1997.
Love, Steve and David Giffels and Debbie Van Tassel. Wheels
of Fortune: The Story of Rubber in Akron (Ohio History and Culture).
Akron, OH: University of Akron Press, 1998.
Meagher, Paul Kevin, Sister Consuelvo Maria Aherene, SSJ, Thomas
C. Brien, ed. Encyclopedic Dictionary of Religion. Washington,
DC: The Corpus Publications, 1979.
Miller, Carol Poh, Robert Anthony Wheeler. Cleveland: A Concise
History, 1796-1996 (The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History, vol.
1). Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1997.
Morgan, H. Wayne. William McKinley and His America. Kent,
OH: Kent State University Press, 2004.
Noble,Vergil E. Further archeological investigations along the
Ohio and Erie Canal towpath, Cuyahoga Valley National Recreation
Area, Summit County, Ohio. U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National
Park Service, Midwest Archeological Center: 1989.
Olmstead, Earl P. The Ohio and Erie Canal in Tuscarawas County,
Ohio. Kent, OH: Tuscarawas County Historical Society and the
Tusc-Kent Archives, Kent State University, 1996.
Shank, William H. Towpaths to Tugboats: A History of American
Canal Engineering. Annapolis, MD: American Canal & Transportation
Center, publishers,1995.
Sterling, Ronald E. Canton, Ohio. Chicago, IL: Arcadia
Publishing, 1998.
Tamburro, Samuel J. The Ohio Canal Bibliography with Primary
Emphasis on the Ohio and Erie Canal: Including Other Major Canals
of the Early Republic. Akron, Ohio: University of Akron, Dept.of
History,1997.
Witchey, Holly Rarick and John Vacha. Fine
Arts in Cleveland: An Illustrated History (The Encyclopedia of Cleveland
History, Vol 3). Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press,
1994.
Children's
Bibliography
Chambers, Catherine E. and John Lawn. Flatboats on the Ohio:
Westward Bound (Adventures in Frontier America).
Mahwah, NJ: Troll Communications, 1998.
Doherty, Craig A. and Katherine M. Doherty. The Erie Canal
(Building America). Farmington Hills, MI: Blackbirch Press,
1996.
Harness, Cherly. Amazing Impossible Erie Canal. New York,
NY: Aladdin: 1999.
Holbrook, Sara and Ennis McNulty. What's So Big About Cleveland,
Ohio? Cleveland, OH:Gray & Company Publishers, 1997.
Knapp, Ron. Ohio (States). Enslow Publishers (November
2002)Berkeley Heights, NJ: Enslow Publishers, 2002.
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