erie canal (n.y.)

A history of the Erie Canal's construction and subsequent influence on American geography profiles the nation in the first quarter-century of the 1800s, demonstrating how the canal's creation impacted the industrial revolution and citing the contributions of such figures as Washington, Jefferson, and van Buren. Reprint. 35,000 first printing.

An eleven-year-old New York farm girl travels with her parents to the Michigan Territory in 1836 by way of the Erie Canal, encountering unknown dangers and incredible hardships.

An informative essay about a trip across the Erie Canal, complemented by photographs.

Explores how the Erie Canal forever changed the course of American history, tracing the canal's history from its creation in the early 1800s to its role in American commerce today.

An illustrated, photographic history of the Erie Canal and New York's canal system.

Traces the development of America's early canals, particularly the Erie Canal, which enabled people to travel to places that rivers could not take them.