important events during the panama canal By tucker.wilson@student.nisdtx.org 1904 panama zone is payed for from the US in 50 million dallers https://www.csmonitor.com/1999/1213/p10s1.html 1906 president Roosevelt travels to panama https://www.csmonitor.com/1999/1213/p10s1.html 1913 96 million cubic yards of rock where removed https://www.csmonitor.com/1999/1213/p10s1.html 1914 the panama canal is opened https://www.csmonitor.com/1999/1213/p10s1.html 1977 Hong Kong shipping company https://www.csmonitor.com/1999/1213/p10s1.html 1978 president carter sighs a treaty https://www.csmonitor.com/1999/1213/p10s1.html 1999 US removes its last troops https://www.csmonitor.com/1999/1213/p10s1.html