Dewitt Clinton arrived at Clinton Square in Syracuse on the packet boat the Montezuma. It was reported in the papers that ...

Prior to the opening of the Erie Canal in 1825, Buffalo, NY was a small rural farming community. With its strategic position and access to the rest of the Great Lakes, it was only a matter of time ...

BATH, N.Y. (WETM) — 2025 marks the 200th year of the Erie Canal and, at the time, the connection of New York State to the ...

from its beginnings as traditional homeland of the Haudenosaunee to the development of a rural village at the time the Erie Canal opened in 1825, to a thriving port and shipping hub at the end of ...

Also the transformation from a rural village at the time the Erie Canal opened in 1825 to a bustling 19 th-century port and shipping hub. “Waterway of Change will be the premier attraction at ...

Here’s what happened this week in local history: 1825: Canal commissioners issued a report to the Ohio General Assembly on the practicality of connecting Lake Erie with the Ohio River.

The Ohio History Connection is highlighting the bicentennial of the Ohio & Erie Canal on its annual Statehood Day, demonstrating how vital the body of water was to the state's growth. "In addition ...