The Niagara River
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Chapters (418)
- The Niagara River
- 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
- The Knickerbocker Press, New York
- TO
- HENRY CARLTON HULBERT
- IN APPRECIATION OF ENCOURAGEMENT AND FRIENDSHIP AND AS A TOKEN OF ESTEEM
- Note
- List of Illustrations
- The Niagara River
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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