Once a Wasteland: From Toxic Dump to National Park
THIS IS A STORY OF A HAPPY ENDING It begins in a valley in Ohio where the Cuyahoga River flows It winds through open farmland past ancient rock deep into hushed forests For five hundred generations
Native people traveled and traded on the river as eagles dove after fish and beavers built their lodges Many years passed The Ohio Erie Canal was built Towns and factories sprouted along the river in a valley in Ohio
In the valley called CUYAHOGA nestled between two cities OHIO
S E N Lake Erie W mighty cities that manufactured cars tires steel CLEVELAND Cuyahoga Valley AKRON S
