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Inventor, Businessman, Activist: The Remarkable Life Of Ohio Valley Native Garrett Morgan
By: Sydney Boles | Ohio Valley ReSource
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On the night of July 24, 1916, a natural gas explosion near Cleveland trapped workers in a waterworks tunnel beneath Lake Erie. Rescuers sent in to recover the trapped men… Read More