This week in local history, Akron changed addresses, library celebrated children’s book, a hotel became senior housing and ...

The Seneca Chief arrives at Pier 26 in Tribeca, its last stop on a 33-day journey from Buffalo via the Erie Canal and Hudson River. The boat is a replica of the original Seneca Chief on which Gov.

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. This week one of the nation’s earliest and most important public works projects, the 363-mile Erie Canal linking the ...

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 ...

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.

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

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

One particularly harmful invasive species that used the Erie Canal to access the Hudson River is the round goby.

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

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.

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