and restore the western terminus of the C&O Canal, a 185-mile canal completed in 1850 which represented Maryland's attempt to leap the Appalachians and command western emigration and trade. Local, state and federal agencies are working together to develop a "Canal Place" corridor running alongside the old C&O Canal, which currently lies buried under a massive flood control project installed during the 1940s and 1950s. The development will draw on a rich collection of historical, cultural and natural resources and represents one of the State of Maryland's first efforts to create a "heritage area" that will become a regional touri st attraction.
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SEPTEMBER 14, 1994-DECEMBER 5, 1994
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INVENI PORTAM
Charles F. Sayle, Jr. (1908-1994) His great friend, the local historian and clamdigger Paul Morris, called from Nantucket Island early this year with the news: Charlie had slipped his cable, his long voyage from Cleveland, Ohio, had ended after a stroke in Nantucket, his home for the past 39 years. It was there that I first met him, in 1966, when he rowed out with Ed Stackpole to meet Norma and me aboard our schooner, in for a visit to discuss plans for a new museum in New York. The world, indeed, had beaten a path to the small house he kept with his wife Mickey, with questions maritime or just to share a good yam. After a brief stint in steamers, Charlie sailed in the Gloucester fi shing fleet in the 1920s, and when that sailing trade ended , signed up with Zeb Tilton aboard the coaster Alice S. Wentworth. Everywhere he went in those years he listened to stories, and took notes and photographs of the ships, their gear and their people. In his later years Charlie's work was bu ilding ship models and delicate carvings of whales. He consorted with the Wharf Rats of the waterfront as well as visiting scholars like Howard Chapelle, and was a valued contributor to the Nautical Research ] ournal and to these pages. Erik A. A. Ronnberg of the Nautical Research Guild paid tribute to the special quality of his work in these words: "It was his astute eye for beauty, whether in nature or a fishing schooner, which when coupled with mastery of his craft, made his work immediately recognizable for its great artistry ." He would have been well pleased to hear that, but he knew how we all admired hi s work and loved his good spirit, anyway. PS SEA HISTORY 71 , AUTUMN 1994
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