But, Brother Joe hyped us. He got a dozen members of his/our family to greet us and cheer us, when we reached the Grand Haven piers, just at the end of the river, on the verge of Lake Michigan, the brink of our goal. And, he arranged for a wonderful talented writer/reporter from...
Suddenly Pennsylvanians had to find a way to compete with New York and link their state to Midwestern markets. Harnessing the power of steam to create a movable form of propulsion first took place in Great Britain. It first arrived in the United States in 1829 when the Delaware and Hudson C...