"They Built America" - A presentation about the Erie Canal
- Robert McLaughlin College Center (RMCC), 288
Sourced from more than 35 historical records!
Meet the real men, women and children, the politicians, farmers, merchant and laborers who came north to build the Erie Canal!
This miraculous waterway transformed America from a burgeoning country into a great nation, and it comes with a miraculous story.
As stories with character including George Washington, Irish orphan Molly, physician Dr. Finch, Italian mason Antonio, and others ignite this
momentous event in New York State history, we see how one innovation can set the course of history.