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Lancaster (locally / ˈ l æ ŋ k (ə) s t ər / LANK-(ə-)stər) is a city in and the county seat of Fairfield County, Ohio, in the south-central part of the state. [3] As of the 2020 census, the city population was 40,552.
Due to lack of transportation, Ohio farmers were essentially unable to sell their goods at any price, and Ohio was mired in a cash-poor depression. The canal would connect farmers to Lake Erie and the Ohio River. The specifications for the canal required a width of 40 feet (12 m) at the top and 26 feet (7.9 m) at the bottom.
The town was laid out in 1827 by William Elliott alongside the turning basin for the Miami and Erie Canal and was about midway between Crescentville and Hamilton on the canal. It was originally known as McMaken's Bridge, but took the name its township. (West Chester Township was Union Township until 2000).
The Ohio & Erie Canalway Scenic Byway is a 110-mile (177 km) scenic byway located within the Ohio & Erie Canalway National Heritage Area in Northeast Ohio. The scenic byway begins in Cleveland and ends in New Philadelphia , with a spur connecting Massillon and Canton . [1]
Tugboat in a lock on the Erie Canal. The Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor is a National Heritage Area in New York State. It has created signage in a wide area, including placing signs many miles away from any historic site of the Erie Canal. [citation needed] The corridor includes 34 National historic landmarks and 234 local municipalities.
The Pennsylvania and Ohio Canal, also known as the P & O Canal, the Cross Cut Canal and the Mahoning Canal, was a shipping canal which operated from 1840 until 1877, though the canal was completely abandoned by 1872.
Early 20th-century recordings of the song include ones by Billy Murray, Vernon Dalhart, and Jack Nerz.The song has become part of the folk repertoire, recorded by folksingers like Glenn Yarborough, Pete Seeger and the Weavers, The Kingston Trio, the children's series VeggieTales, and artists like the Sons of the Pioneers.
Approximately 20,000 men and women were in attendance at the convention, which lasted two days. Hale was still the preferred choice of most Liberty members, but the importance of the Barnburners—by far the largest element of the coalition—required Van Buren be the presidential candidate.