The Forgotten Inventor Who Killed the Great Black Swamp

In 2014, northwestern Ohio faced an unexpected environmental crisis: a toxic algae bloom that contaminated the drinking water in and around the city of Toledo for several days. Yet, that environmental nightmare did not develop overnight — the groundwork was set more than a century earlier, when a massive swamp was wiped from the map.In […] The post The Forgotten Inventor Who Killed the Great Black Swamp appeared first on InsideHook.