Read Part 1 of this story. A large flotilla of boats, led by New York’s governor, DeWitt Clinton, made the 10-day trip from Buffalo, across the Erie Canal, and down the Hudson River to New York City, ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Sunday marks 200 years since one of the United States’ greatest accomplishments first opened: the Erie Canal. Just like the advent of the cotton gin, the telephone and the ...

A new mural at the Camillus Erie Canal Park depicts the Seneca Chief, the first boat to traverse the Erie Canal in 1825. The mural is part of Mural Mania, a project that has created over 80 murals ...

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(The Conversation) — Two hundred years ago, the Erie Canal was often derided as a ‘folly.’ Yet the waterway went on to transform the American frontier. (The Conversation) — Two hundred years ago, on ...

The replica "Seneca Chief" celebrates 200th birthday of the Erie Canal by floating in the footsteps of original 500-mile voyage by NY Gov. Clinton from Buffalo to NYC Harbor, arriving Oct. 26, 1825 ...

What was the most significant event in the history of Chicago? The Great Chicago Fire? Wrong. The 1893 World’s Fair? Wrong. The Cubs winning the World Series in 2016? Tempting ... but no. Those don’t ...