Produced by Marcia Brooks, Ross Cooling and the Online Distributed Proofreading Canada Team at http://www.pgdpcanada.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) The Niagara River Archer Butler Hulbert _By Archer Butler Hulbert_ The Ohio River A Course of Empire _Large Octavo, with 100 Full-page Illustrations and a Map. Net, $3.50. By express, prepaid, $3.75_ The Niagara River _Large Octavo, with many Full-page Illustrations and Maps. Net, $3.50. By express, prepaid, $3.75_ G. P. Putnam's Sons New York London [Illustration] The Niagara River By Archer Butler Hulbert Professor of American History, Marietta College; Author of "The Ohio River," "Historic Highways of America," "Washington and the West"; Editor of "The Crown Collection of American Maps." With Maps and Illustrations G. P. Putnam's Sons New York and London The Knickerbocker Press 1908 Copyright, 1908 BY G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS The Knickerbocker Press, New York TO HENRY CARLTON HULBERT IN APPRECIATION OF ENCOURAGEMENT AND FRIENDSHIP AND AS A TOKEN OF ESTEEM Note In the endeavour to gather into one volume a proper description of the various interests that centre in and around the Niagara River the author of this book felt very sincerely the difficulties of the task before him. As the geologic wonder of a continent and the commercial marvel of the present century, the Niagara River is one of the most remarkable streams in the world. In historic interest, too, it takes rank with any American river. To combine, then, into the pages of a single volume a proper treatment of this subject would be a task that perhaps no one could accomplish satisfactorily.