Niagara Falls 



1834 It was this magnificent work, now in successful progress, under 



the patronage of the British government, to be finished by contract 

 within two years, and the completion, by the State of Pennsyl- 

 vania, of her communication with Pittsburg, on the Ohio, which 

 induced the call of a State Convention at Utica, the 1 1 th of 

 September last, " to take into consideration the project of a Ship 

 Canal around the Niagara Falls, and one from Oswego to the 

 Hudson " — the proceedings of which are hereunto annexed. 



1834 Steele's Niagara guide book: being a synopsis of Steele's book of 



Niagara Falls . . . Buffalo. Steele. 1840. 



" Steele's Book of Niagara Falls, first published in 1 834, and which 

 was the first work of any extent or accuracy ever published on the subject 

 of this great wonder of the world." 



1834 Tanner, Henry S. The American traveler or guide through the 



Tanner United States. Phila. : Author. 1834. Pp. 86-87. 



The height of the Falls, places of interest in the vicinity, routes from 

 Niagara. An engraving of the Falls as seen from the American ladder 

 forms the frontispiece of the book. There is also a small view of the Falls 

 from Table Rock. 



Another edition in 1 836. 



1834 (The) western traveller's pocket directory and stranger's guide; exhibit- 



ing distances on the principal canal routes in the states of New York and 

 Ohio, in the territory of Michigan, and in the province of Lower Canada, 

 etc. Schenectady: S. S. Riggs, Ptr. 1834. Pp. 32-34. 



Some figures on distances and dimensions are given. There is no 

 attempt at description. There is a quotation from an English writer for the 

 trip under the Falls. The points of interest are indicated in passing. 



1835 



1835 PARSONS, HORATIO A. A guide to travelers visiting the Falls of 



Parsons Niagara, containing much interesting and important information respecting 



the Falls and vicinity, accompanied by maps. 2d ed. greatly enl. 

 Buffalo: Oliver G. Steele. 1835. 



1835 [Vanderwater, Robert J.] The tourist or pocket manual for 



Vanderwater trave n ers . . . N. Y. : Harper. 1835. Pp. 67-74. 



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