De Witt Clinton was the governor of New York. He signed the bill to fund the canal.
The Erie Canal was designed by Benjamin Wright and financed and promoted by De Witt Clinton.
Dewitt Clinton approved the idea from a man in debtor's prison who wrote letters of the idea at the time to the state, However other lawmakers thought it was a stupid idea and later it was referred to as Clinton's ditch because of DeWitt Clinton.
De Witt Clinton was the governor of New York. He signed the bill to fund the canal.
the De Witt Clinton Highway <--- Whoever put that is definitely wrong... Its The Erie Canal!!!
The Governor of New York during the building of the Erie Canal was DeWitt Clinton.
The governor of New York, De Witt Clinton argued for the canal. He helped fund the building.
He opened the Erie canal which led into The Atlantic Ocean
DeWitt Clinton believed in the Erie Canal and got funding for it. It was designed by Benjamin Wright and built by Irish immigrants.
Clinton's folly, or Clinton's Ditch, refers to the Erie Canal and De Witt Clinton. De Witt Clinton was a New York politician who worked to get the idea of connecting the Hudson River with Lake Erie funded and built. It was completed in 1825 and provided revenue to the state well past 1872.
Joshua Forman came up with the idea to build a canal. De Witt Clinton, governor of New York, saw the great opportunity and made sure of the funding.
DeWitt Clinton thought of the Eire Canal and got 1,000 men to build the Eire Canal
Eerie Canal.