In Her Own Words

From 1893 to 1896, at the age of 7, Catherine Huftill drove the mules pulling her father's D&H Canal coal boat. "In Her Own Words" includes a 1955 audio recording by Catherine relating what her life as a D&H Canal "hoggee" was like! Although many young girls worked on the D&H Canal, we only found 3 contemporary images of girls driving mules on the Canal- all are found in this video.

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One thing that is never talked about is the connection of the Mule poop that must have been produced right next to a body of water [the canal] that may also be a source of driving water! Two mules for every canal boat multiplied by a FIVE-day trip. That's a'LOT of POO! 💩💩💩