Today's installment concludes Erie Canal Opens,our selection from The Building of the Erie Canal essay by William H. Seward published in .If you

He noticed that efforts on the part of Illinois to connect the river of that name with Lake Michigan, and those of Ohio to unite with Lake Erie the

On October 23, 1819, the portion of the Erie Canal between Utica and Rome was opened to navigationContinuing Erie Canal Opens,our selection from

There were two entry points to regular commerce of the upper Mid-West:  Montreal and New Orleans.  The Erie Canal would add a third.Continuing Erie

The memorialists attributed the prosperity of ancient Egypt and China to their inland navigation, and expressed the opinion that England and Holland,