LaPlante, Walter

Summary: During the early 1800s, it was difficult and expensive to transport goods from the East Coast to the Great Lakes region. The Erie Canal connected these two areas, causing a population boom in western New York and encouraging settlement around the Great Lakes. Readers learn the history of this important canal through the main content and fun fact boxes, and also discover the many ways travelers...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Publishing 2017

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 974 LAP

Stein, R. Conrad.

Summary: An account of the early nineteenth-century construction of the 363-mile canal connecting Albany and Buffalo.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2004

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 386.48 STE

Santella, Andrew.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Compass Point Books 2005

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J America Santella