I’ve got an old mule and her name is Sal, Fifteen years on the Erie Canal.Two hundred years ago this week, the “Big Ditch” ...

The Seneca Chief moves at 19th-century speed — it took about five hours to travel the roughly 18 miles between Amsterdam and ...

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

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Matthew Smith, Miami University (THE CONVERSATION) Two hundred years ago, on Oct. 26, ...

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If you visit the Erie Canal today, you'll find a tranquil waterway and trail that pass through charming towns and forests, a place where hikers, cyclists, kayakers, bird-watchers and other visitors ...

Success may have many fathers, but the Erie Canal, 200 years old this fall, owes its success to at least one mother: Mother Nature. When the last great glacier melted in this region, it left behind an ...

Schenectady County will celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Erie Canal with a special stop by the Seneca Chief, a full-scale replica of the first canal boat to travel the historic route. The boat ...

AMSTERDAM, N.Y. (NEWS10) — The Erie Canal is celebrating its 200th birthday. To mark the milestone, a replica of the 1825 boat the Seneca Chief is making its way down the famous New York waterway. The ...

Schenectady and New York state are celebrating the 200th anniversary of the Erie Canal this month. On Tuesday, Oct. 14, a replica of the Seneca Chief, the historic packet boat that carried Gov. DeWitt ...

Rome welcomes the replica "Seneca Chief,"Oct. 8, as the vessel traces the 500-mile maiden voyage of the original mini-barge, carrying NY Gov. Clinton to mark the opening of the Erie Canal in 1825. An ...

Explore the past, present and future of the Erie Canal on its bicentennial anniversary. In 1825, the state of New York completed the Erie Canal. Today, the singular historic purpose of the canal has ...