The Niagara River

About this eBook

Author

Hulbert, Archer Butler, 1873-1933

Credits

Produced by Marcia Brooks, Ross Cooling and the Online Distributed Proofreading Canada Team at www.pgdpcanada.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Language

English

LoC Class

F106: United States local history: Atlantic coast. Middle Atlantic States

Subject

Niagara River (N.Y. and Ont.)

Category

Text

eBook-No.

35194

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35194

Release Date

February 7, 2011

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.By Archer Butler Hulbert
3. 3.The Ohio River
4. 4.A Course of Empire — Large Octavo, with 100 Full-page Illustrations and a Map. Net, $3.50. By express, prepaid, $3.75
5. 5.The Niagara River — Large Octavo, with many Full-page Illustrations and Maps. Net, $3.50. By express, prepaid, $3.75 — G. P. Putnam's Sons — New York London — The Niagara River — By
6. 6.Archer Butler Hulbert — Professor of American History, Marietta College; Author of "The Ohio River," "Historic Highways of America," "Washington and the West"; Editor of "The Crown Collection of American Maps." — With Maps and Illustrations — G. P. Putnam's Sons — New York and London — The Knickerbocker Press — 1908 — Copyright , 1908 — BY — G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS — The Knickerbocker Press, New York — TO — HENRY CARLTON HULBERT — IN — APPRECIATION OF ENCOURAGEMENT AND FRIENDSHIP — AND AS A TOKEN OF — ESTEEM
7. 7.Note
8. 8.Contents
9. 9.List of Illustrations — The Niagara River
10. 10.Chapter I — Buffalo and the Upper Niagara — A Glimpse of Buffalo Harbor. — Lafayette Square. — St. Paul's Church, Buffalo. — Niagara Falls. From the original painting by Frederick Edwin Church, in Corcoran Gallery. — The American Rapids. — The View from Prospect Point. From a photograph by Notman, Montreal.
11. 11.Chapter II — From the Falls to Lake Ontario — Goat Island Bridge and Rapids. — Horseshoe Falls from Below. — "The Shoreless Sea." From a photograph by Notman, Montreal. — Our hearts are restless until they rest in Thee. — Rustic Bridge, Willow Island. — All is change. Eternal progress. No Death! — The Cave of the Winds. — The American Fall. From a photograph by Notman, Montreal. — Remains of Stone Piers of the "First Railway in America"—the British Tramway up Lewiston Heights, 1763. — Amid the Goat Island Group. From a photograph by Notman, Montreal. — Horseshoe Falls from the Canadian Shore. From a photograph by Notman, Montreal. — Looking up the Lower Niagara from Paradise Grove. From a photograph by Wm. Quinn, Niagara-on-the-Lake. — The Mouth of the Gorge. From a photograph by Notman, Montreal. — The Whirlpool Rapids.
12. 12.Chapter III — The Birth of Niagara — The American Fall, July, 1765. From an unsigned original drawing in the British Museum. — The Horseshoe Fall, July, 1765. From an unsigned original drawing in the British Museum. — Ice Mountain on Prospect Point. — Cave of the Winds in Winter. — "Maid of the Mist" under Steel Arch Bridge.
13. 13.Chapter IV — Niagara Bond and Free — Beacon on Old Breakwater at Buffalo. — Winter Scene in Prospect Park. — Bath Island, American Rapids, in 1879. From New York Commissioners' Report. — Path to Luna Island. — Green Island Bridge.
14. 14.Chapter V — Harnessing Niagara Falls — Bird's-eye View of the Canadian Rapids and Fall. From a photograph by Notman, Montreal. — American Falls from Below. — The Riverside at Willow Island.
15. 15.Chapter VI — A Century of Niagara Cranks — Goat Island Bridge. Showing Niagara's Famous Cataract and International Hotels. — The Path to the Cave of the Winds. From a photograph by Notman, Montreal. — Go East via Lake Winipiseogee R. R. — American Falls from Goat Island. — Horseshoe Falls from Goat Island. — Ice Bridge and American Falls.
16. 16.Chapter VII — The Old Niagara Frontier — Colonel Römer's Map of the Country of the Iroquois, 1700. — Champlain. — Map of French Forts in America, 1750-60. — Niagara Falls by Father Hennepin. The first known picture of Niagara, dated 1697.
17. 17.Chapter VIII — From La Salle to De Nonville — R. Réné Cavelier, Sieur De La Salle. — Frontenac, from Hébert's Statue at Quebec. — Luna Island Bridge. — "Carte du Lac Ontario." A Specimen French Map of the Niagara Frontier. Dated October 4, 1757. From the original in the British Museum.
18. 18.Chapter IX — Niagara under Three Flags — Stones on the Site of Joncaire's Cabin under Lewiston Heights, where the Magazine Royal was Erected in 1719. — Specimen Manuscript Map of Niagara Frontier of Eighteenth Century. From the original in the British Museum. — A Drawing of Fort Niagara and Environs Showing Plan of English Attack under Johnson. — A Sketch of Fort Niagara and Environs; by the French Commander Pouchot, Showing Improvements of 1756-1758. — A Sketch of Fort Niagara and Environs; by the French Commander Pouchot, Showing Improvements of 1756-1758. — Canadian Trapper, from La Potherie. — Youngstown, N. Y., from Paradise Grove. — The Stone Redoubt at Fort Niagara, Built in 1770. From the original in the British Museum. — Pfister's Sketch of Fort Niagara and the "Communication," Two Years before the Outbreak of the Revolutionary War. — Fort Erie and the Mouth of the Niagara, by Pfister, in 1764. From the original in the British Museum.
19. 19.Chapter X — The Hero of Upper Canada — Major-General Brock. — A Plan of Fort Niagara after English Occupation, by Montresor. — "Navy Hall Opposite Niagara." A drawing on bark by Mrs. Simcoe. — Queenston and Brock's Monument. From a photograph by Wm. Quinn, Niagara-on-the-Lake. — Brock's Monument.
20. 20.Chapter XI — The Second War with England — "Queenston or Landing near Niagara." A drawing on bark by Mrs. Simcoe. — Lieutenant Pierie's Sketch of Niagara, 1768. From an old print. — Old View of Fort Mississauga. — Monument at Lundy's Lane.
21. 21.Chapter XII — Toronto — Lieutenant-General Simcoe. — "York Harbor." A drawing on bark by Mrs. Simcoe. — "The Garrison at York." A drawing on bark by Mrs. Simcoe. — Captain Sowers's drawings of Fort Niagara, 1769. From the original in the British Museum.
22. 22.Index — FOOTNOTES:

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