Something great was being made. Right in the center of New York. A great thing it was going to be, yes, the Erie Canale
was being made! From the beginning some how people knew that soon something great was going to enter into the world
of New York. Wood was plentiful there and game was hunted down all the time. Great fish were also plentiful, Sturgeons
lived in comfort in lake Ontario and bass and other fish would live there year long. Every body knew this Canal would cost
money, but no one cared the least, they wanted to have a Canal so they could sell there plentiful game. This book is
amazing and you will surely want to read it over again. ( )

Easy read. From adult shelf, but more like Jr. High reading.
Info on contracts for digging, building, some of the problems, etc.
Supposedly grandfather had told stories with some of the details.
Until we get started (or even finish !?) "The Wedding of the Waters", this answered some of curiosities. ( )

opened 1825