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Archer Butler Hulbert
By Archer Butler Hulbert The Ohio River A Course of Empire Large Octavo, with 100 Full page Illustrations and a Map. Net, $3.50.
By express, prepaid, $3.75 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 [Illustration]
The Niagara River
By 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
Note
In the endeavour to gather into one volume a proper description of the
various interests that centre in and around the Niagara River the author
of this book felt very sincerely the difficulties of the task before
him. As the geologic wonder of a continent and the commercial marvel of
the present century, the Niagara River is one of the most remarkable
streams in the world. In historic interest, too, it takes rank with any
American river. To combine, then, into the pages of a single volume a
proper treatment of this subject would be a task that perhaps no one
could accomplish satisfactorily. Works to which the author is most indebted, especially the historical
writings of Hon. Peter A. Porter, Severance's Old Trails of the Niagara
Frontier , The Niagara Book , and the writings of the scholar of the
old New York frontier, the late O. H. Marshall, and the collections of
the historical societies along the frontier, are indicated frequently in
footnotes and in text. The author's particular indebtedness to Mr.
Porter is elsewhere described; he is also in the debt of F. H. Mautz,
Henry Guttenstein, Superintendent Edward H. Perry, whose kindness to the
author was so characteristic of his treatment of all comers to the
shrine over which he presides, E. O. Dunlap, and many others mentioned
elsewhere. He has appreciated Mr. Howells's characteristic
conscientiousness when he wrote concerning Niagara, "I have always had
to take myself in hand, to shake myself up, to look twice, and recur to
what I have heard and read of other people's impressions, before I am
overpowered by it. Otherwise I am simply charmed." The author has
laboured under the difficulty of attempting to remain "overpowered"
during a period of several years. That there have been serious lapses
in the shape of lucid intervals, the critic will find full soon! It has seemed best to treat of modern Niagara under what might have been
called "Part I." of this volume. The history of the Niagara region
proper begins in Chapter VII., the problems of present day interest
occupying the preceding six chapters. A. B. H. Marietta College, Marietta, Ohio,
January 26, 1908 .
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE I. Buffalo and the Upper Niagara 1 II. From the Falls to Lake Ontario 23 III. The Birth of Niagara 52 IV. Niagara Bond and Free 72 V. Harnessing Niagara Falls 99 VI. A Century of Niagara Cranks 123 VII. The Old Niagara Frontier 153 VIII. From La Salle to De Nonville 171 IX. Niagara under Three Flags 196 X. The Hero of Upper Canada 231 XI. The Second War with England 263 XII. Toronto 292 Index 315
List of Illustrations
PAGE View of Horseshoe Falls from the Canadian Side
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