. The falls of Niagara . Opposite page 70 Coasting below the American Fall. CHAPTER X. Judge Porter — General Porter — Goat Island — Origin of its name — Earlydates found cut in the bark of trees and in the rock — Professor Kalmswonderful story—Bridges to the Island — Method of construction— Red Jacket — Anecdotes — Grand Island — Major Noah and the NewJerusalem —The Stone Tower — The Biddle Stairs — Sam Patch —Depthof water on the Horseshoe — Ships sent over the Falls. IN preparing this narrative, the writer has had the goodfortune to hsten to many recitals of facts and incidentsby the late J
. The falls of Niagara . Opposite page 70 Coasting below the American Fall. CHAPTER X. Judge Porter — General Porter — Goat Island — Origin of its name — Earlydates found cut in the bark of trees and in the rock — Professor Kalmswonderful story—Bridges to the Island — Method of construction— Red Jacket — Anecdotes — Grand Island — Major Noah and the NewJerusalem —The Stone Tower — The Biddle Stairs — Sam Patch —Depthof water on the Horseshoe — Ships sent over the Falls. IN preparing this narrative, the writer has had the goodfortune to hsten to many recitals of facts and incidentsby the late Judge Augustus Porter and the late GeneralPeter B. Porter, whose names are intimately and honorablyconnected with the more recent history, not only of thisparticular locality but of the Empire State. Judge Porter, after having spent several years in survey-ing and lotting large portions of the territory of WesternNew York and the Western Reserve in Ohio, came fromCanandaigua to Niagara Fall
Size: 1622px × 1540px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1880, bookidfallsofniaga, bookyear1883
