Photo: Galion’s Edward Flickinger

The April theme for the America 250-Ohio program is “Ohio Moves: Transportation.”

Through the lens of a simple legal agreement, we can explore the unique connection Galion had with the waning period of buggies and early days of the American automobile industry. Our journey will take us from East Main Street to Mack Avenue in Detroit, to the United States Supreme Court, and even to the wilds of western Canada.

This is the first of those posts.