Niagara — Historical and Reminiscent 



" This article is an invitation to the traveler, who comes from afar to 1904 

 view the mighty cataract and its surroundings, to go in more leisurely Dorr 

 fashion and tarry by the old shrines of history which dot the way-side." 



Robinson, Charles Mulford. The life of Judge Augustus 1904 

 Porter, a pioneer in western New York. (Buf. Hist. Soc, pub., 1904. Robinson 

 Vol. VII. See index.) 



Brief accounts of conditions around the Falls in the beginning of the 

 nineteenth century, based upon Judge Porter's reminiscences. 



SuLTE, BENJAMIN. Le Haut-Canada avant 1615. (Royal Soc. 1904 

 of Can. June, 1904. 2d ser. sec. I. 10:64, 67, 68, 73-83.) Suite 



A discussion of early notices and descriptions of the Falls and of the 

 origin of the name. 



1905 



The largest waterfall in the world. (R. of R., April 1905. 31 :491.) 1905 

 Niagara Falls compared with the Ygnassu Falls in South America. 



1906 



DETMERS, Arthur. The Devil's Hole massacre. (The Niagara 1906 

 Frontier Landmarks Ass'n. Buffalo. 1906. Pp. 47-52.) Detmers 



A brief but scholarly study of the massacre at the Devil's Hole and 

 the portage around the Falls. 



HoFF, W. and SCHWABACH, F. North American railroads. N. Y. : i 90 6 

 (1906) P. 24. Hoff 



& Schwabach 



Porter, Peter A. The first buildings ever erected by white men at 1906 

 Niagara Falls, in 1745. (Niagara Front. Hist. Soc. leaf.) n. d. Porter 



The tradition of an Indian village on the rapids above the Falls; the 

 trail, and later, the road along the portage; the trading-house and fort 

 at the upper terminus of the portage. 



Porter, Peter A. How lake commerce began; La Salle's visits to 

 the Niagara. Niagara Falls, N. Y. n. d. P. 1 1 . 



The author thinks that La Salle was the first white man to see the Falls. 

 He reaches his conclusion by " historical reasonings " rather than by proof. 



PORTER, Peter A. Niagara an aboriginal center of trade. Niagara 

 Falls. 1906. 



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