Next, we travel about 15 miles northwest of washington, d. C. To Great Falls Tavern Visitors Center where well take a boat ride to learn about the history of the chesapeake and ohio canal. I would like to introduce myself. My name is cassandra and i am a seasonal park ranger here at the chesapeake and ohio canal. I think were going to cast off here shortly, but well go ahead and start to give you a brief history of here on the canal. So it is called the chesapeake and ohio canal, but definitely doesnt reach the Chesapeake Bay or doesnt go all the way up to the ohio river, which is your intention of the canal when we first started building it july 4th of 1828. We wanted to try to connect the Eastern Shore with what was considered the west back then. The west was up in ohio, pennsylvania, that area. We wanted to connect pittsburgh to the Chesapeake Bay, and so what we did was we started building this canal. We tried earlier, it was George Washingtons dream to actually use the Potomac Riv
My name is cassandra sohida, and i am a seasonal park ranger here at the chesapeake and ohio canal. I think were going to cast off here shortly, but well go ahead and start to give you a brief history of here on the canal. So it is called the chesapeake and ohio canal, but definitely doesnt reach the Chesapeake Bay or doesnt go all the way up to the ohio river, which is your intention of the canal when we first started building it july 4th of 1828. We wanted to try to connect the Eastern Shore with what was considered the west back then. The west was up in ohio, pennsylvania, that area. We wanted to connect pittsburgh to the Chesapeake Bay, and so what we did was we started building this canal. We tried earlier, it was George Washingtons dream to actually use the Potomac River as to way a transport goods. Back then it seemed a reasonable thing to do so he had a canal system built by using locks to get around, and it wasnt a very reliable usage. It didnt actually have longtime use. It w
My name is cassandra sohyda, and i am a seasonal park ranger here at the chesapeake and ohio canal. I think we are going to cast off here shortly. But we are going to go ahead and start and give you a brief history of here on the canal. All right, so, it is called the chesapeake and ohio canal, but it definitely doesnt reach the the Chesapeake Bay or go all the way up to the ohio river, and is the intention of our canal when we first started building the canal in 1828. We wanted to try to connect the Eastern Shore with what was considered the west back then. The west was up in ohio, pennsylvania, that area. We wanted to connect pittsburgh to the Chesapeake Bay. And so what we did was, we started building this canal. We tried earlier, it was George Washingtons dream to actually use the Potomac River as a way to transport goods. Back then it was seen as a reasonable thing to do, so he went ahead and had a canal system built on that side by using locks to get around the great falls and Po
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Hour of sleep so many of us lost last night. It turns out many experts are saying it is okay to make up for that lost slumber with naps, even on the job. With susan spencer, well be catching some zzzzs. Its daylight savings hour. When was the last time you took a nice, long nap. What do you think the reputation of naps is . I think a lot of people who take them dont admit it. What about you, do you nap . When im tired, i absolutely do. But i set alarms so i make sure i dont sleep past 15 minutes. Are you ready for your nap . Later on sunday morning. No regrets, no apologies. As good a description as any of the dixie chicks, as they launch a new album that leaves some controversy from their past behind. Theyre talking about that and more with our tracy smith. Take me away the dixie chicks were one of the most popular female groups in history before one onstage comment nearly ended their careers. Look out but now theyre back with their first new studio album in forever. I did a lot of li