I think that we are going to cast off here shortly, but were going to go ahead and start. A brief history on the canal. It definitely doesnt go all the way up to the ohio river. We wanted to connect the Eastern Shore which with what was considered the west, ohio, pennsylvania, that area. We wanted to connected to the bay, so we did was we stern building the canal. We started earlier with a George Washington dream to use the river, back then it was seen as a reasonable thing to do so we went ahead and had a canal system built on that side by using left to get around the great falls and river. Although it wasnt very reliable usage. It didnt have long time use. It was kind of broken. That were very well. We went to head and took his, dream built a canal right next to the river so we could use that water source but have something that is more controlled and reliable, compared to the potomac river, because you took a boat over the falls, he probably wouldnt last very long. So we took this c
There are more than 400 National Parks across america covering over 85 million acres of land with locations at every state. More than 325 Million People visited the sites last year. Over the next 90 minutes we will feature a mixture of Natural Beauty and history at eight different parks around the country. We begin just outside cleveland at Cayuga National park. Situated a along the river will learn how the canal system here plays a role in the expansion during the 18 thirties and forties. The ohio eerie canal is part of the two canal system. That was actually put in place in the early years of america, built between 1825 and 1832, and basically its a water transportation route that connected lake erie with the ohio river, which is part of a larger idea. A National Water transportation route. In the early days of america, we had 13 colonies also tweeted right along the atlanta seaboard. And our leaders at the time saw a problem. That problem was we needed the country to expand westward
The ohio and erie canal is part of a two can now system that was canal system that was put in place in the early years of america, between 1825 and 1832. It is a water transportation route that connected lake erie with the ohio river, which is part of a larger idea. A National Water transportation route. In the early days of america, we had 13 colonies situated right along the atlantic seaboard. Time saw a at that problem. The problem was, we needed that country to expand westward. However, there was a big obstacle the appalachian amount. Fountains. Mountains. Our first president happened to be a canal engineer. He had an idea. To create this transcontinental water transportation route using two canals, the erie canal, the , that woulde ultimately connect the era canal, lake erie, the ohio where have river all the way , to the gulf of mexico. In the early days we did not have a big federal government. In terms of implementing the canal, it depended on the states. Fortunately, the state
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Introduce myself first. So you know not who to complain to later. My name is gregg barrios. Former book editor of the express news, worked for many years and los angeles for the Los Angeles Times. Ive written for the new york times, currently i write for the los angeles review of books. I am on the board of directors for the National Book critics circle. Im also the author of the book of poetry that deals with cute its called look house. This time i would like to introduce iowa miriam pawel. She is the former Pulitzer Prize winner and spent 25 years working at news day and the Los Angeles Times. Her book, the crusades of Caesar Chavez, a biography is the First Comprehensive biography of the iconic leader. She is also written the union of their dreams, a widely acclaimed and nuanced history of Caesar Chavez united form workers move. She recently received the National Endowment for the fellowship to support her work in the chavez biography. Please welcome miriam pawel. applause thank you