Moving America

By profrichmond

  • Commerical Steamboat Invented

    Robert Fulton built the Clermont or North River Steamboat and started carrying passengers up the Hudson River from NYC.

  • Lowell Mills Opened

  • National Road finished

  • Erie Canal Opens

    Erie Canal Opens

  • First railroad tracks installed in the US

  • First Mail Order Business Opens

    Hammacher Schlemmer of New York sold hardware and tools through the mail to people all over the US.

  • Gold Discovered in California

  • Transcontinental Railroad Completed