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Mad Anthony's Drum Beat(Reprinted from the current is-sue of Mad Anthony’s Drum Beat. publication of the Anthony Wayne Parkway Board. Col uni bus.)Within a matter of weeks, a brand new marker will be dedicated in Lockland. It calls attention to the community's early be ginnmgs along the Miami and Erie Canal. The marker is being sponsored by the city.Mayor Albert Lefler appointed a committee and Leon Rawlings con-j tacted the Anthony Wayne Parkway Board for assistance upon the advice of John A. Diehl, chairman ! of the Ohio Covered Bridge Committee and a resident of Lockland,One side of the marker will describe early Lockland, so named because of the four canal locks at the site The other side will recall the fun that the canal provided—fishing, boating, swimming, ;ce skating, and even romancing.This is the seventh marker to le erected along the Miami and Erie Canal The Allen County Historical Society will soon place another one at the deepest cut in the canal near Spencerville.Mechanical damage, not decay, is the principal reason for replacing railroad ties.
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Van Wert Times Bulletin
Van Wert, Ohio, US
Thu, Sep 15, 1960
Page 4
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