Open Road — Guides — Railroads — Canals — Bridges 



WILLIAMS, W. G. Report of a survey around the Falls of Niagara 1835 

 with a view to the construction of a ship canal, made during the year 1835. William* 

 (H. R. doc. 214. 24th Cong.. 1st sess.) 



1836 



PARSONS, HORATIO A. The book of Niagara Falls. 3d ed. care- 1836 

 fully rev. and enl. and accompanied by maps. Buffalo: Oliver G. Steele. Pa«on» 

 1836. 



Another edition in 1 838. 



1839 



De VEAUX, Samuel. The Falls of Niagara, or tourist's guide to 1839 

 this wonder of nature, including notices of the whirlpool, islands, etc., and De Veaux 

 a complete guide through the Canadas. Buffalo: William B. Flayden. 

 T839. 



1840 



HaWLEY, Jesse. Memorial against ceding to the United States the 1840 

 right to construct the Niagara ship canal and in favor of retaining it as the Hawley 

 property of the state. (N. Y. state sen. doc. 108. April 1 I, 1840.) 



(The) New York state tourist. Descriptive of the Mohawk and Hudson 1840 

 rivers. N. Y. : Goodrich. 1 840. Pp. 75-82. 



Steele's book of Niagara Falls. 7th ed. carefully rev. and imp. Buffalo: 1840 

 Oliver G. Steele. 1 840. 



" The work was originally prepared by Mr. H. A. Parsons, who was 

 for a long time resident at the Falls, and familiar with the whole scenery 

 at all seasons of the year, as well as with all the interesting localities in the 

 vicinity; who omitted no means of obtaining accurate information in relation 

 to the various facts stated, and his work was the first on that subject, of any 

 extent or accuracy ever published." 



Other editions in 1846, 1847. 1848. 



1841 



BONNYCASTLE, Sir RlCHARD H. The Canadas in 1841. Lond. : 1841 

 Henry Colburn. 1842. Vol.1. Pp. 215-216; 241-247. Bonnycastle 



A short journey of seven miles from Newark, or, as it is now 



generally termed, Niagara, takes you, either by the steam-boat 



or coach, to Queenston. By the former you stem this beautiful 



and rapid stream, having the most delightful scenery on either 



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