The Canal connects the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean via
the Hudson River. Governor DeWitt Clinton of New York, the
driving force behind the project, led the opening ceremonies
and rode the canal boat Seneca Chief from Buffalo to New York
City.

Work began on the waterway in 1817. Teams of oxen plowed the
ground, but for the most part the work was done by immigrants,
among them Irish diggers who had to rely on primitive tools. They
were paid $10 a month, and barrels of whisky were placed along
the canal route as encouragement.

A painting at the Syracuse Canal Museum depicts Governor Dewitt Clinton bringing water from Lake Erie to New York
City, in the ceremony known as the “Wedding of the Waters.”

The Erie Canalway today.

CARLATA BRADLEY

Pat Sajak ( Patrick Leonard Sajdak) is 76 years old today.

Sajak is a television personality and game show host. He is
best known as the host of the American television game
show Wheel of Fortune, a position he has held since 1981.

Ronald Reagan (left) with John McIntire in Wagon Train (1963)
“The Fort Pierce Story”.

Ann Blyth plays the wife of Capt. Winters 
(Ronald Reagan), whose name was Nancy.

Reagan’s wife at the time was also named
Nancy- Nancy Reagan, whom he had
married in 1952.

The Western series aired 8 seasons: first on NBC-TV (1957 –
1962), and then on ABC-TV (1962–1965).

Albert Bacon Fall (November 26, 1861 – November 30, 1944)

During the Teapot Dome scandal of the 1920s, Albert B. Fall,
who served as secretary of the interior in President Warren G.
Harding’s cabinet, was found guilty of accepting a bribe while
in office.

Fall was the first individual to be convicted of a crime committed
while a presidential cabinet member.

Senate committee investigating the Teapot Dome oil leases, 1924.

Warren Gamaliel Harding
(November 2, 1865 – August 2, 1923)

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The Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company, known as the Wrigley Company,
is a multinational chewing gum (Wrigley’s gum) company, based
in the Global Innovation Center (GIC) in Goose Island, Chicago.       

Wrigley’s is wholly owned by Mars, Incorporated, and, along with
Mars chocolate bars and other candy products, makes up Mars
Wrigley Confectionery. It is the largest manufacturer and marketer
of chewing gum in the world.

The company currently sells its products in over 180 countries
and districts, operates in over 50 countries, and has 21 production facilities in 14 countries including the United States,

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