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Niagara — Historical and Reminiscent 



WILLIAMS, J. David, ed. America illustrated. N. Y. : The Arundel 1911 

 Print, n. d. Pp. 37-41. Willi 



A brief description of the Falls, with some information on recession, 

 and a very short account of the railway suspension bridge, two miles below 

 the Falls. 



1914 



HoWLAND, WlLLIAM B. Niagara Falls and the hundred years of 1914 

 peace. (Indep., June 22, 1914. 78:522-523.) Howland 



A brief account of the various observances and memorials planned to 

 commemorate the hundred years of peace between Great Britain and the 

 United States. The article is illustrated by a drawing showing the bridge 

 designed by T. Kennard Thompson to be erected at Niagara as a memorial 

 to the part played by the river and cataract in the international relations 

 of the two countries. 



Summary 



The first fact to notice in this apparent miscellany of Niagara 

 material is the multiplication of information concerning the Falls. 

 It began with accounts in encyclopedias and gazetteers in the 

 latter part of the eighteenth century — a most significant fact, 

 for it cannot be doubted that it contributed much to the dissemina- 

 tion of Niagara information. In some cases, it served merely to 

 keep alive the old errors. Often, however, these early accounts 

 were first-hand descriptions by competent observers. They 

 differ from the later scholarly researches which we cite in this 

 chapter in content rather than in spirit. 



Of an altogether different style from the serious reports and 

 investigations just referred to are the various accounts of Niagara 

 scenery and Niagara incidents written for the magazines in 

 recent years. While accurate enough in detail their general pur- 

 pose without doubt is often not so much to inform as to entertain, 

 perhaps even to thrill. The latter seems to be the case with the 

 tales of notoriety-seekers who have at one time or another used 

 the Falls as a setting for their perilous feats. In the savage Indian 

 the Falls inspired worship. He paid tribute here to the Great 



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