canal got 10 feet deeper

What if the New York state legislature never builds the Erie Canal? Suppose DeWitt Clinton, the canal's major promoter, loses his 1817 run for Governor, and thus the canal fails politically. How does that impact the economic development of the Midwest and of New York City? Does New York lose...

Carnations Forever If William McKinley Had Survived Hello, and welcome to my first-ever TL! I've been here for a little over two years now, so I figured that it was about time I contributed something to the board instead of loafing around and begging for likes. I jest, of course. Before we...