Java with Joe E.: Jason Smith, “The Raging Erie: Life & Labor Along the Erie Canal”

Join us at the Holland Land Office Museum for the next edition of our Java with Joe E. series on Thursday, August 28th at 9 am. Jason Smith will be presenting on the book “The Raging Erie: Life & Labor Along the Erie Canal.” Admission is free with coffee and donuts. Please contact the museum at 585-343-4727 or hollandlandoffice@gmail.com.
“Raging Erie tells the stories of the ordinary people who lived, worked, and died along the banks of the canal, emphasizing the forgotten role of the poor and working class in this epochal transformation. It chronicles the fates of the Native Americans whose land was appropriated for the canal, the European immigrants who bored its route through the wilderness, and the orphan children who drove draft animals that pulled boats around the clock.”
Thank you to Tim Horton’s of Batavia for sponsoring Java with Joe E. for 2025.