Chesapeake and Ohio Canal

This guide to the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal in Washington, D.C. follows Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas on a cold morning in March 1954, setting out from Cumberland, Maryland to walk all 185 miles of towpath after a newspaper editorial called it worthless. You'll hear who took him up on his dare to walk it too, and what eight days of blisters, poison ivy, and twenty-three-mile days did to the group that started out with him. It's a story about mules, cargo boats, and a stretch of quiet at the Capitol's back door that almost became a highway.