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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. Its population had also doubled by that time, making Rochester the first boomtown of the United States. As the wheat producing industry moved further west during the nineteenth century, Rochester NY soon was referred to as the Flower City in reference to the numerous nurseries that grew up around the city. The post Civil War years brought renewed industrial growth to the region.