But I will tell my officers to let all the men who claim to own a horse or mule take the animals home with them to work their little farms."

VOA: special.2009.12.24

Mule stables dotted the route. But the canal company ran out of money as faster railroads stole most of their business, and the C&O Canal never reached Pittsburgh and the Ohio River.

VOA: standard.2010.04.29