a new archaeological project seeks to learn more about Indiana's canal period. About a hundred and fifty years ago Indiana nearly bankrupted itself building a statewide canal system. The episode ...

A. Trick question! Well, there were three versions of the canal built and a half-hearted and poorly planned and funded fourth. The first version of the Erie was 4 feet deep and 40 feet wide.

About a century and a half ago, this cornfield was part of the Wabash and Erie Canal. This water superhighway traveled all the way from Lake Erie in Ohio, through Indiana, down to Evansville.