Born at the dawn of America's great canal era, Girard thrived on the streams of commerce and life flowing through Pennsylvania on the Erie Canal. Home also to the nation's first Civil War monument and one of the few banks to remain open during the Great Depression, the town stayed in the mainstream of history even after the canals dried up and time passed on.
Author and historian Geoffrey L. Domowicz is site administrator of the Erie County Historical Society's Battles Museums of Rural Life. His engaging narrative and selection of historic images bring the story of Girard to life.