. Pennsylvania Railroad System ... a description of its main lines and branches, with notes of the historical events which have taken place in the territory contiguous .. . ystem,is so closely associated with the city of Buffalo, and so important a touristpoint, that it is interesting to Pennsylvania Railroad patrons. A description of Niagara Falls is unnecessary, but it is interesting tonote that the Thunder of Waters, as they were known to the Indians,were first visited by Joseph de la Roche Dallian, a Franciscan missionary,in October, 1626. In December, 1678, La Salle, the noted explorer,en
. Pennsylvania Railroad System ... a description of its main lines and branches, with notes of the historical events which have taken place in the territory contiguous .. . ystem,is so closely associated with the city of Buffalo, and so important a touristpoint, that it is interesting to Pennsylvania Railroad patrons. A description of Niagara Falls is unnecessary, but it is interesting tonote that the Thunder of Waters, as they were known to the Indians,were first visited by Joseph de la Roche Dallian, a Franciscan missionary,in October, 1626. In December, 1678, La Salle, the noted explorer,encamped just above the Falls, built the Griffon, the first craft largerthan a canoe to traverse the Great Lakes, and, in 1679, La Salle andFather Hennepin sailed into the far west from La Salle, a little townbetween Niagara Falls and Buffalo. The French built a number of small stockades near the Falls, but themost important historical events connected with this region were theIndian massacre on September 14, 1763, at Devils Hole; the battle ofQueenstown, on October 12, 1812; the battle of Chippewa in 1813, andon July 25th, of the same year, the battle of Lundys I ■ \ ■ HHHH^Mk % il\ NIAGARA FALLS Pittsburgh to Buffalo The route followed by the Pennsylvania System on its line betweenPittsburgh and Buffalo marks the old Indian trail from the GreatLakes to the Ohio valley, which in later years became the highwayfor the early French settlers and soldiers who caused Governor Din-widdie so much trouble and against whom Braddock and Washingtonbattled near the present city of Pittsburgh. Then, about a hundred years later, it became the avenue of travel overwhich flowed millions of barrels of oil pumped from the thousands ofwells in the Oil Creek and western Pennsylvania fields, when millionaireswere made over night. Traversing the main line of the Pennsylvania Railroad, through EastLiberty, the Buffalo line branches from the main line over the BrilliantCut-Off, just east
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