Bobel, Rob, & Bobel, Peg (2006). Towpath Companion:  A Traveler's Guide to the Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail (2006 Edition). Akron, OH:  Ohio & Erie Canalway Coalition.     This book is the single best resource for discovering the Towpath Trail from Cleveland to New Philadelphia. No user of the Towpath Trail should be without it, whether you're a hiker, biker, or runner. Click the button above to learn more about the book and to order it from the Ohio & Erie Canalway Coalition.

Grismer, Karl Hiram (1952) Akron and Summit County. Akron, Ohio: Summit County Historical Society

Jackson, James S. (1985). Cuyahoga Valley Tales. Peninsula, Ohio: Cuyahoga Valley Association.

Jackson, James S., & Jackson, Margot (1988). The colorful era of The Ohio Canal. Peninsula, Ohio: Cuyahoga Valley Association.

Knepper, George W. (1981). Akron: City at the Summit. Tulsa, Oklahoma: Continental Heritage Press.

Lane, Samuel A. (1892). Fifty Years and Over of Akron and Summit County. Akron, Ohio: Beacon Job Department.

Woods, Terry K. (1995). The Ohio & Erie Canal: A Glossary of Terms. Kent, Ohio: The Kent State University Press.

Woods, Terry K. (2003). The Ohio & Erie Canal in Stark County. Massillon, Ohio: The Massillon Museum.

Special thanks to the Canal Society of Ohio for their Tour Guides of the Ohio and Erie Canal, available at the Akron - Summit County Public Library.

"DIG: An Archaeological Investigation in Akron's Cascade Locks Park" by Jack Gieck (Cinemark) 2005 "Ohio's Canal Era" by Jack Gieck (Cinemark) (1991)

"Ohio & Erie Canal:  Inspired Songs That Tell the Story" by Foster Brown (2000)

Captain Pearl R. Nye: Life on the Ohio and Erie Canal