Welcome to the Adams County, Wisconsin WiGenWeb site. This site is part of the WiGenWeb project, which is part of the larger USGenWeb project. Please contact me, if you would like to contribute in any way to this project. Any help will be appreciated. Adams County is located in the central plains region of Wisconsin.
By 1825 the entire Erie Canal was completed and it was declared officially open in October 1826. DeWitt Clinton traveled with three boats which started from Buffalo, New York and completed their 363 mile journey nine days later in New York City.
However: US President Woodrow Wilson officially opened the Panama Canal on 12 July 1920, despite the fact that traffic had been using the canal since its unofficial opening on 15 August 1914, when Canal cement boat Ancon, piloted by Captain John A Constantine, the Canal's first pilot, made the first official transit.hat year did the Panama Canal open for shipping traffic?   The first ship to complete the transit fo the canal was the cargo ship Ancon, on August 15, 1914.