The Erie Canal Debate

Wednesday Jun 21st, 2017
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The Buffalo History Museum

One Museum Court
Buffalo, NY 14216
6:00pm - 8:00pm
Free w/ Museum admision

The Erie Canal debate will feature North District Councilman Joe Golombek as Peter Porter; Fillmore District Councilman David Francyzk as Samuel Wilkeson; and Comptroller Mark Schroeder as DeWitt Clinton. 

The debate concerns whether the Village of Black Rock or the Village of Buffalo would be selected as the western terminus of the Erie Canal in 1816. 

Members free; museum admission.