. The New York central and Hudson river railroad and the Rome, Watertown, and Ogdenburg railroad .. . ts as to external appearance. The city water works cost $400,000. There is a strong and efficientfire department maintained. Utica derives much of its importancefrom being the market for rich and extensive rural districts, fromwhich several railroads converge on this point. At the time of the Revolution, Utica was a frontier trading-post, andthe site of Fort Schuyler, built to guard the settlement against theFrench and Indians. Connection is made here, by means of the Black River Division ofth
. The New York central and Hudson river railroad and the Rome, Watertown, and Ogdenburg railroad .. . ts as to external appearance. The city water works cost $400,000. There is a strong and efficientfire department maintained. Utica derives much of its importancefrom being the market for rich and extensive rural districts, fromwhich several railroads converge on this point. At the time of the Revolution, Utica was a frontier trading-post, andthe site of Fort Schuyler, built to guard the settlement against theFrench and Indians. Connection is made here, by means of the Black River Division ofthe Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg Railroad, with Trenton Falls,Lyons Falls, and the North Woods. Connection is also made with theDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad for Richfield Springs,Norwich, and Binghamton. Forest Hill Cemetery, a few miles soutli of Utica, is well laid out, andhas many handsome monuments. Tourists will find it an interestingplace to visit. Deerfield, just across the river from Utica, is mentionedby Bancroft as one of the centers of the Indian wars and massacres. 80. BIKUS-EYE VIEW, TliENTON FALLS, K. V isrf:w YORK cp:ntral railroad. TRENTON FALLS may be visited by taking the Rome, Water-town & Ogdensburg Railroad from Utica. Tliey are about twenty milesdistant. These falls, now a great place of resort, were scarcely knownto tourists until 1822, when the first hotel was erected. Althoughthe Falls appear small when compared with the Niagara, or the GeneseeFalls at Rochester, the rugged wildness of the surrounding scenery,and the picturesque character of the valley and stream, render it aspot of extraordinary attraction. The river forming the Trenton Falls is called West Canada is no cataract at Trenton which in itself is pre-eminently grandor beautiful. It is more the position, form, and rapidity of the riverwhich give the charm and make it considered by many as one of themost picturesque spots on the continent. There are five cascades in the s
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