Touchwood Press
Canal Chronicles
Canal Chronicles
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Canal Chronicles tells the story of the background, construction, and development of the Illinois & Michigan Canal (1836-1848) and the people who came before, during and after to create the history of Northern Illinois and the Greater Chicago region. The I&M Canal was the critical link connecting the Atlantic Ocean with the Gulf of Mexico so that goods could serve the needs of a burgeoning new country and exports could find their way to markets that provided money for growth. Join Marquette and Joliet, William Henry Harrison, Chief Blackhawk, Abraham Lincoln and a host of Chicago history notables as an eyewitness to an important chapter in the early history of the United States. Toil with the Irish laborers, or navvies (from navigators), who cleared the land, dug the trench, and built the locks. Learn what this key phase in building the infrastructure of the United States teaches about nation-building today.
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