Initially, the canal was just 4 feet deep and 40 feet wide, but it cut through fields and forests, cliffs and swamps, and ...

The Erie Canal, a 363-mile waterway stretching from Lake Erie to the Hudson River, fueled westward expansion and grew the fortunes of cities like Rochester and Buffalo. It was an idea so audacious ...

Over District” gave birth to new churches after the Erie Canal’s creation: Joseph Smith founded the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, often known as Mormons, in Fayette, New York, in 1830.

Though the movement began at the turn of the century, it flourished in the hinterlands along the Erie Canal, which became ...

More than any other historical event, the opening of the Erie Canal, on Oct. 26, 1825, set Chicago on the path to becoming the city it is today.

The Seneca Chief, a replica of the first boat to travel the length of the Erie Canal, arrived in New York City on Sunday, ...

This week in local history, canal workers cheered, school truants roamed, airship pilots basked, haunted houses beckoned and ...

Plus: Federal agents continue to tear-gas neighborhoods, mourning mothers pen songs for their slain loved ones and more.

The Rails to Trails Conservancy picked Cleveland to host its first Trail Nation Summit in six years, connecting its network ...

The energy transition has started, and its progress has been gradual but substantial. Con Edison, New York City’s supplier of ...

Developer and businessman Joseph Carubba is leading a $40 million project, dubbed ‘The Ellie’ , that will see a five-story, 123-unit apartment building developed on Fillmore Avenue in the City of ...

The regional grid operator has come under scrutiny recently due to soaring electricity prices being driven by the boom in AI ...