On July 4, 1817, a shovel full of dirt, dug in Rome, marked the start of the original Erie Canal. It was officially completed in the fall of 1825, stretching from Albany to Buffalo. Take a trip ...

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 along the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor. The Camillus Erie ...

The Erie Canal Harbor announced its events for the Bicentennial in 2025 celebrating the 200-year history of the Erie Canal ...

The Ella Victoria of Rexford heads out of Erie Canal Lock 7 eastbound on Aug. 17, 2023 on the Mohawk River in Niskayuna. Brian Stratton, director of the New York State Canal Corporation, talks ...

I had been interested in the supernatural and spiritual history of the landscape for a long time but I thought it was too ...

The Erie Canal, completed in 1825, was the original artery of trade between the East and the wild Midwest. It catalyzed business empires and helped create a unified national economy. Still today ...

Dewitt Clinton traveled on while celebrating the Erie Canal’s opening in 1825, will stop in Cayuga County on Oct. 2. There will be other events as well, such as historical presentations ...

Yet shortly after the locks opened in 1825, completing a man-made waterway that connected the Hudson River to the Great Lakes, the critics were silenced, and the Erie Canal, one of the greatest ...

These places are constantly changing exhibits." As "Following the Flow" points out, the Erie Canal may have been completed on Oct. 26, 1825, but the portion connecting western and central New ...

The Erie Canal officially opened on October 26, 1825, connecting Syracuse with Buffalo and Lake Erie to the west and Albany and the Hudson River to the east. The village boomed and, in just 23 ...

It's non-stop summer fun at North America's greatest waterfalls. Kick off your trip with the best things to do in Niagara Falls.

Marietta will be participating in Lafayette 200, the nationwide commemoration of The Marquis de Lafayette’s visit to the United States in 1824-25, throughout May. General Lafayette briefly visited ...