1. The Erie Canal
... no more then beaten paths made by animals or the constant travel of horse and wagon. Rivers were an unreliable source of transportation due to the current, constant changes in the wind, beaver damns, droughts, and of course mother-nature. The lack of transportation kept the west out of the economy for the most part. Farmers would make the trip from the west with their crop but it did not ... make sense for the majority of people because the cost of transportation was very high due to ... the slow pace and consumption of time. The farmers were not making ... ...
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