The Historical Association of Lewiston will host Lockport Union Sun & Journal reporter Heidi Truschel-Light for the program, “Handling Mules on the Erie Canal”. The presentation takes place at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Lutheran Church of the Messiah Fellowship Hall, 915 Oneida St., Lewiston.
The Erie Canal is a celebrated part of New York’s history, but a large part of the canal’s operation has disappeared from memory and records. Little is known about how mules were handled on the Erie Canal. While locks are restored, canal-side buildings are preserved, and museum exhibits have been created, the presence of mules has been erased. Boaters on today’s canal can relive the journey and visit the towns that sprang up across New York state without ever seeing a sign of what the towpath was created to do.
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