Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park Facts States: District of Columbia, Maryland Counties: Allegany, Caroline, Frederick, Montgomery, Washington Length: 184.2 miles Trail end points: Canal St (Cumberland, MD) and 29th St & Rock Creek Pkwy (Washington, D.C.) Trail surfaces: Brick...
21 January 1937: Iris Louise McPhetridge Thaden set a U.S. national record flying her Consolidated Blue Beechcraft C17R “Staggerwing,” NC15835 (serial number C17R-81) from Detroit, Michigan, to Akron Municipal Airport, Akron, Ohio, in 40 minutes, 43 seconds. She had departed Detroit, M...