It was a summer tradition for my mother and me to take the ferry across Lake Champlain from either Burlington, Charlotte, or Grand Isle to New York. These crossings take about an hour or less, and ...

In the June 9, 1838, Quincy Whig an article boasted about the number of streams and creeks (only in high water), that were navigable providing flatboat access for 60 Illinois counties. Some of those ...

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I can’t tell you how many times I get asked “Gene, why do they call our dock, “Dobbins Landing?” Well, the answer to that is a long story which I will try to explain. Jumping back in history is needed ...

Initially, the canal was just 4 feet deep and 40 feet wide, but it cut through fields and forests, cliffs and swamps, and required 83 lift locks to complete the trip. All 363 miles were excavated by ...

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These days, we generally travel long distances by car or plane. A three-hour drive to visit family in Toledo. Two hours to fly to Orlando (plus driving to the airport). But in the days before planes, ...