Editor's note: This is an excerpt of Planet Money's newsletter. You can sign up here. In 1809, representatives from the state of New York traveled to the nation's capital to meet with President Thomas ...

A steam-powered cargo boat, a tugboat that traveled the Great Lakes, a railroad barge, and a replica of the Independence, a packet boat built for the Erie Canal Village in Rome, New York, inspired ...

KINGSTON, N.Y. — A model replica of the historic Erie Canal boat the “Seneca Chief” is on display at the Hudson Valley Maritime Museum, according to a statement released Friday. The model boat, built ...

In 1809, representatives from the state of New York traveled to the nation's capital to meet with President Thomas Jefferson. They wanted money for a 363-mile canal that would link Lake Erie with the ...