Two centuries after the Erie Canal was opened with a triumphant boat trip from Buffalo to New York City, a brightly painted ...

Before the Erie canal was completed in 1825, it could take around three weeks to ship perishable goods between New York and ...

Americans’ pockets hold digital devices delivering oceans of information and distractions. But another technology that ...

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) Two hundred years ago, on Oct. 26, 1825, New York Gov. DeWitt Clinton boarded a canal boat by the shores of Lake Erie. Amid boisterous festivities, his vessel, the Seneca Chief, ...

In September 1825, the Seneca Chief left Buffalo for Manhattan—a moment that would help transform western New York State into a boomtown. Here’s how to celebrate the bicentennial.

ROME, N.Y. – As the nation celebrates Independence Day, another historical event from July 4 is remembered. On July 4 in 1817, construction began on the Erie Canal in Rome, New York. The original Erie ...

Seneca Chief stops at Capital Region ports along 33-day journey from Buffalo to New to New York City to mark Erie Canal's ...

For 15 years, Marion S. Kelsey piloted the William B. Kirk between Rochester and Buffalo. The wooden-hulled boat was ...

For members of the Iroquois, or Haudenosaunee, Confederacy, the commemoration in 2025 of the bicentennial of the Erie Canal ...