"Tow Path Horses" Playing Cards

A beautiful old book cover of the Canal Tow Path will be a favourite of horse lovers, and especially those familiar with canals the world over and their old history of tow paths. Packet boats were often pulled through the canals by a team of horses or mules who walked slowly along the bank. In America, canal building began in the 1790s to connect the 16 States to the lands west for commerce, as well as for taking passengers and families wanting to relocate further west. Unknown to the colonists were the Hohokam's canals in a land they never dreamed of visiting. The 363-mile Erie Canal was built in 1825. The smaller packet boats, or later known as canal boats, were used to carry mail, cargo, and passengers using the canals and rivers