Rochester ny explored
The Erie Canal now connected Rochester to all points east and west. Originally dubbed The Young Lion of the West, Rochester ny became known as the Flour City, reflecting its status by 1838 as the largest flour producing city in the United States. Also doubling in population by 1838, Rochester earned distinction as the first American boomtown. The Flour City eventually became known as the Flower City as the westward moving flour producing industry was replaced by numerous nurseries that had grown up around the city. The region saw its own Industrial Revolution after the Civil War.