Jesse Hawley was the earliest proponent of building a canal across New York.
All tagged Erie Canal
From Prison to Yale - Amos Eaton Restructures American Education
Amos Eaton was an professor in the Early Republic who helped reform education in the young United States.
Simeon De Witt Maps Out New York Transit
Simeon De Witt was the most important cartographer in New York, if not the United States, during the Founding Period.