Hello, I have decided to learn more about all the people who decided to go help build the Panama Canal ! I have tried looking for books on the subject, and have found many were published. But, most are books with lots of maps and photos; many are written about the technical end of building a canal. But, I have not yet come across a book about .. the people who worked on it ! I just did another "search" and found this web page. It is one list of people who died in 1851, of Cholera, and it appears that the men came from "many" U.S. states: http://www.pt5dome.com/PanDeaths1851.htm Here is another web page which offers more on some deaths in 1851: http://www.maritimeheritage.org/PassLists/gg022652.html Here is one more web site about the Canal, and a paragraph from it: It took ten years, the labor of more than 75,000 men and women, and almost $400 million to complete the job. The builders of the Canal faced unprecedented problems: tropical disease; the unusual geology of the Isthmus that made land slides a constant hazard; the enormous size of the locks and volume of the excavation needed; and the need to establish whole new communities, to import every last nail, and to organize work on a scale never before seen. Most of the names of the men and women who worked on the Canal are forgotten today, but their legacy lives on. http://www.panamatravel.com/pcmuseum/history.html Hope this "subject matter" is of interest to people ! Betty (near Lowell, MA)