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Illustrations The American Fall from the Canada Side The Falls from Falls View Station A Winter Scene at Niagara Falls The American Fall from Goat Island The American Fall, Prospect Park Entrance to the Cave of the Winds The Falls from Below, American Side Horseshoe Falls, From Goat Island Illustration of Whirlpool Rapids The American Fall from below Goat Island Stalagmites under American Fall Diagram Showing Elevations Above Tidewater American Fall, Hurricane Bridge View of the Falls from Prospect Point Sectional View of Cantilever Bridge Construction Cantilever Bridge at Niagara Falls American Fall and Foot-Bridge, from Goat Island Illustration of Buffalo Harbor Illustration of Buffalo Railways Illustration of Buffalo Pumping Stations Ad for Grand Trunk Railway System Rear Cover Illustration, Ad for International Hotel
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A New Guide To Niagara Falls And Vicinity, Giving A Full And Complete Description of Niagara Falls, Suspension Bridge, Buffalo, Rochester, Ontario Beach, Toronto, Lockport, Tonawanda, Lewiston, Niagara-On-The-Lake, Chautauqua, And Other Places Of Interest. By Rand, McNally & Company, Publishers.,
[no date provided, possibly 1895]
Cover-title reads: Illustrated Guide to Niagara Falls, Buffalo and Neighboring Points of Interest
(Digitized by Matthew J. Curry, 2005)
Index
To All Who Travel.............................. 1
How to Get There............................... 8
Names at Niagara............................... 9
Buffalo & Niagara Falls Electric Railway ...... 9
As to Expense at Niagara ...................... 11
Free Tours .................................... 13
The Hack Service and the Law .................. 35
For the Edification of All .................... 18
Tour of the State Park ........................ 19
To the Islands ................................ 22
How Niagara Was Made Free...................... 31
Effects of Freedom ............................ 39
On the Canada Side of Niagara ................. 34
The Queen Victoria Niagara Falls Park ......... 34
A Tour in Victoria Park ....................... 87
Among the Islands ............................. 58
The Lorettine Convent ......................... 43
Below the Bridge, Canada Side ................. 44
Niagara Falls Park & River Railway (Electric).. 44
The Whirlpool ................................. 44
The Whirlpool, American Side .................. 48
The Unknown Niagara ........................... 48
The Maid of the Mist .......................... 48
Among the Bazaars ............................. 49
Winter Scenery ................................ 50
Hints at Niagara's History .................... 52
First Knowledge of the River .................. 53
Geographical................................... 58
Incidents of the Past ......................... 59
Goat Island ................................... 61
Table Rock .................................... 62
Phenomena of the Falls ........................ 63
Village of Niagara Falls ...................... 66
Niagara's Scientific Aspects .................. 68
The Flora of the Falls ........................ 73
Climatological................................. 74
Piscatorial ................................... 74
Harnessing Niagara ............................ 75
The International Niagara Commission .......... 79
A Niagara Ship Canal .......................... 80
A Proposed Boulevard .......................... 81
Engineering Achievements ...................... 81
Niagara's First Bridge ........................ 86
Comedy and Tragedy ............................ 87
The True Story of Sam Patch ................... 88
Blondin and Other Rope-Walkers ................ 90
Neighboring Points ............................ 100
The Canadian Chautauqua ....................... 110
Wesley Park ................................... 110
Suggestions to Visitors ........................ 111
Hints for Seeing Niagara....................... 111
A Useful Itinerary ............................ 114
Niagara-Chained and a Captive ................. 118
The Industrial Interests of Niagara Falls...... 121
The Great Gorge Route (Electric) .............. 125
The City of Buffalo ........................... 128
Rochester ..................................... 147
Ontario Beach ................................. 149
Lockport ...................................... 149
Suspension Bridge ............................. 149
Toronto ....................................... 150
Lewiston ...................................... 153
Queenston Heights.............................. 153
Niagara-on-the-Lake ........................... 154
Chautauqua and Chautauqua Lake ................ 155
Index.......................................... 158
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