Monday After: National Park in Stark and Tuscarawas counties? It almost happened
When former U.S. Rep. John F. Seiberling Jr., who represented the Akron area in Congress for 16 years, died at 89 in 2008, fellow Ohio Congressman ...
When former U.S. Rep. John F. Seiberling Jr., who represented the Akron area in Congress for 16 years, died at 89 in 2008, fellow Ohio Congressman Ralph Regula was generous with praise of the man considered a father of the national park north of Canton and Akron. "Without John Seiberling, there would be no Cuyahoga Valley National Park," Regula said. "He was the original environmentalist. He was green way back when. He really was ahead of his time." Similar words of admiration were spoken about Canton-area representative Regula when he passed at age 92 in 2017.