A Traveler's Diary from 1835

In 1835, a traveler set off from his New England home, eager to explore the newly-open lands of the West - today's Midwest. This is his never-before-published journal. Traveling by horseback, steamboat, canal boat, and rail, he navigated muddy roads and a freshly-completed network of waterways and railroads, recording what he saw - some towns recently afflicted with cholera; others bursting with opportunity. The diary begins as he steps off the Erie Canal at Buffalo, New York. Over the next...