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Niagara Falls has had a hold on the popular imagination since shortly after Father Louis Hennepin first laid eyes on it in 1678.
Niagara Falls is made up of 3 waterfalls: the American Falls, the Bridal Veil Falls and the Horseshoe Falls. The 3 waterfalls combine to produce the highest flow rate of any waterfall on earth.
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- 1814 - July 25 - Battle of Niagara Falls (Lundy's Lane); Americans defeat British
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1848 - March 29 - Niagara Falls stops flowing for 30 hours due to an ice jam
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March 29, 1848
Picturesque America: Or, the Land We Live In. A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes... With Illustr. on Steel and Wood, by Eminent American Artists, Volume 1
William C. Bryant
Appleton, 1872
The Brink of the Horseshoe
Picturesque America: Or, the Land We Live In. A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes... With Illustr. on Steel and Wood, by Eminent American Artists, Volume 1
William C. Bryant
Appleton, 1872- 1854 - Niagara Falls
Niagara Falls, a post-village of Niagara county. New York, is situated in the immediate vicinity of the great cataract, to which circumstance it owes ...Read MORE... - 1855 - March 8 - 1st train crosses 1st US railway suspension bridge, Niagara Falls
historyorb.com - 1859 - June 30 - Charles Blondin is 1st to cross Niagara Falls on a tightrope
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June 30, 1859 
The Horseshow Fall, From Under Cliff at Goat Island
1882 - Lucius O'Brien - Picturesque Canada (1882–84)
Approach to Cave of the Winds
1882 - Lucius O'Brien - Picturesque Canada (1882–84)
The Whirlpool from American side
1882 - Lucius O'Brien - Picturesque Canada (1882–84)
Ice Bridge, A Mountain
Below the American Fall
1882 - Lucius O'Brien - Picturesque Canada (1882–84)- 1883 - December 20 - Intl cantilever railway bridge opens at Niagara Fall
historyorb.com - June 15, 1887 - Carlisle D. Graham survives the third of his four successful rides over a Niagara waterfall in barrel.
http://www.independentsentinel.com/ - 1889 - AT NIAGARA FALLS. The Suspension Foot Bridge Gone and Other Damage Done.
NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y., Jan 11. - The storm raged here with great fury. The suspension foot bridge spanning the Niagara river below the falls was torn...Read MORE... - 1895 - Niagara Falls
Niagara Falls, a city of New York, in Niagara co., embracing the former villages of Niagara Falls and Suspension Bridge, is situated on the Niagara...Read MORE... - 1896 - Fatal Explosion
By Associated Press
NIAGARA FALLS (N.Y.), Nov 14 - By the explosion of about thirty pounds of dynamite in the office building of Ed. Smith & Co.,...Read MORE... - 1896 - February 18 - Cave of Winds at Niagara Falls goes almost dry for first time in 50 yrs
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February 18, 1896 
International Hotel- 1901 - October 24 – Michigan schoolteacher Annie Edson Taylor goes over Niagara Falls in a barrel and survives.
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October 24, 1901 - 1903 - Niagara Runs Dry
Telegraphing from Niagara Falls, the "Standard's" correspondent stated that recently pedestrians crossed over the river-bed, where human feet have...Read MORE... - 1906
Niagara Falls, a city of Niagara co., N.Y., is situated on the Niagara River, at the falls from which it takes its name, 22 miles NNW. of Buffalo and ...Read MORE... - 1907 - ICICLE CRUSHES TROLLEY. ACCIDENT AT NIAGARA FALLS KILLS ONE PERSON, HURTS OTHERS.
Special to The New York Times.
Niagara Falls, March 12. - An icicle that became detached from the high bank below the railway bridge at the...Read MORE... - 1909 - NIAGARA FALLS FIRE - Columbia Hotel Damaged and Two Employes Injured - Guest Who Gave Alarm Disappeared.
NIAGARA FALLS, Jan. 5. - Fire was discovered early to-day in the Columbia Hotel, a five-story brick structure. The seventy guests all got our safely...Read MORE... - 1912 - DRIFT TO DEATH ON FLOATING ICE. WOMAN AND TWO MEN DROWN IN NIAGARA RAPIDS. IN VIEW OF THOUSANDS.
THEY ATTEMPTED TO CROSS ICE BRIDGE, WHEN THE MASS BROKE AND THEY WERE CARRIED AWAY ON CAKES OF ICE.
Niagara Falls, N.Y., Feb. 5. - One woman and...Read MORE... - 1916 - NIAGARA FALLS PLANT WRECKED LAST NIGHT. POLICE SAY EXPLOSION WAS CAUSED BY DYNAMITE.
By Associated Press.
Niagara Falls, N.Y., March 7. - Fire, following several explosions, late tonight virtually destroyed the plant of the Niagara...Read MORE... - 1917 - 8 PERSONS KILLED IN NIAGARA PLUNGE. MORE THAN A SCORE INJURED AS A CROWDED CAR OVERTURNS INTO WHIRLPOOL RAPIDS. WASHOUT CAUSED DISASTER.
CAR TURNED TURTLE IN 10 FEET OF WATER - MANY PINNED DOWN BY SEATS - REPORT SOME MISSING.
Niagara Falls, N. Y., July 1. - A Belt Line car on the...Read MORE... - 1920 - THREE KILLED BY ROCKS IN CAVE OF THE WINDS.
Niagara Falls, N.Y., Sept. 6. - Two women and a man were crushed to death and two men were injured this afternoon when a slide of shale rock forced...Read MORE... - 1929 - January 2 - US & Canada agree to preserve Niagara Falls
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American Falls from Below, Niagara Falls, N.Y.
Whirlpool Rapids, Niagara Falls, N.Y.- 1938 - "HONEYMOON BRIDGE" COLLAPSES WITH LOSS OF MILLION DOLLARS.
Niagara Falls, N. Y., Jan. 28 - (AP) - An international crowd of several thousand lined the lofty banks of Niagara Gorge today for a glimpse of...Read MORE... - 1980 - May 20 - 710 families in Love Canal area (Niagara Falls NY) are evacuated
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May 20, 1980
Old Photos, Pictures, Advertisements and Postcards from Niagara Falls, New York, USA
Niagara Falls, New York, USA
Picturesque America: Or, the Land We Live In. A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes... With Illustr. on Steel and Wood, by Eminent American Artists, Volume 1
William C. Bryant
Appleton, 1872
Niagara Falls, New York, USA
The Brink of the Horseshoe
Picturesque America: Or, the Land We Live In. A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes... With Illustr. on Steel and Wood, by Eminent American Artists, Volume 1
William C. Bryant
Appleton, 1872
Niagara Falls, New York, USA
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The Horseshow Fall, From Under Cliff at Goat Island
1882 - Lucius O'Brien - Picturesque Canada (1882–84)
Niagara Falls, New York, USA
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Approach to Cave of the Winds
1882 - Lucius O'Brien - Picturesque Canada (1882–84)
Niagara Falls, New York, USA
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The Whirlpool from American side
1882 - Lucius O'Brien - Picturesque Canada (1882–84)
Niagara Falls, New York, USA
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Ice Bridge, A Mountain
Below the American Fall
1882 - Lucius O'Brien - Picturesque Canada (1882–84)
Niagara Falls, New York, USA
International Hotel
Niagara Falls, New York, USA
American Falls from Below, Niagara Falls, N.Y.
Niagara Falls, New York, USA
Whirlpool Rapids, Niagara Falls, N.Y.
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1814 - July 25 - Battle of Niagara Falls (Lundy's Lane); Americans defeat British
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1848 - March 29 - Niagara Falls stops flowing for 30 hours due to an ice jam
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March 29, 1848
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1854 - Niagara Falls
Niagara Falls, a post-village of Niagara county. New York, is situated in the immediate vicinity of the great cataract, to which circumstance it owes ... Read MORE...
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1855 - March 8 - 1st train crosses 1st US railway suspension bridge, Niagara Falls
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1859 - June 30 - Charles Blondin is 1st to cross Niagara Falls on a tightrope
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June 30, 1859
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1883 - December 20 - Intl cantilever railway bridge opens at Niagara Fall
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June 15, 1887 - Carlisle D. Graham survives the third of his four successful rides over a Niagara waterfall in barrel.
http://www.independentsentinel.com/
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1889 - AT NIAGARA FALLS. The Suspension Foot Bridge Gone and Other Damage Done.
NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y., Jan 11. - The storm raged here with great fury. The suspension foot bridge spanning the Niagara river below the falls was torn... Read MORE...
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1895 - Niagara Falls
Niagara Falls, a city of New York, in Niagara co., embracing the former villages of Niagara Falls and Suspension Bridge, is situated on the Niagara... Read MORE...
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1896 - February 18 - Cave of Winds at Niagara Falls goes almost dry for first time in 50 yrs
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February 18, 1896
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1896 - Fatal Explosion
By Associated Press
NIAGARA FALLS (N.Y.), Nov 14 - By the explosion of about thirty pounds of dynamite in the office building of Ed. Smith & Co.,... Read MORE...
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1901 - October 24 – Michigan schoolteacher Annie Edson Taylor goes over Niagara Falls in a barrel and survives.
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October 24, 1901
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1903 - Niagara Runs Dry
Telegraphing from Niagara Falls, the "Standard's" correspondent stated that recently pedestrians crossed over the river-bed, where human feet have... Read MORE...
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1906
Niagara Falls, a city of Niagara co., N.Y., is situated on the Niagara River, at the falls from which it takes its name, 22 miles NNW. of Buffalo and ... Read MORE...
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1907 - ICICLE CRUSHES TROLLEY. ACCIDENT AT NIAGARA FALLS KILLS ONE PERSON, HURTS OTHERS.
Special to The New York Times.
Niagara Falls, March 12. - An icicle that became detached from the high bank below the railway bridge at the... Read MORE...
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1909 - NIAGARA FALLS FIRE - Columbia Hotel Damaged and Two Employes Injured - Guest Who Gave Alarm Disappeared.
NIAGARA FALLS, Jan. 5. - Fire was discovered early to-day in the Columbia Hotel, a five-story brick structure. The seventy guests all got our safely... Read MORE...
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1912 - DRIFT TO DEATH ON FLOATING ICE. WOMAN AND TWO MEN DROWN IN NIAGARA RAPIDS. IN VIEW OF THOUSANDS.
THEY ATTEMPTED TO CROSS ICE BRIDGE, WHEN THE MASS BROKE AND THEY WERE CARRIED AWAY ON CAKES OF ICE.
Niagara Falls, N.Y., Feb. 5. - One woman and... Read MORE...
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1916 - NIAGARA FALLS PLANT WRECKED LAST NIGHT. POLICE SAY EXPLOSION WAS CAUSED BY DYNAMITE.
By Associated Press.
Niagara Falls, N.Y., March 7. - Fire, following several explosions, late tonight virtually destroyed the plant of the Niagara... Read MORE...
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1917 - 8 PERSONS KILLED IN NIAGARA PLUNGE. MORE THAN A SCORE INJURED AS A CROWDED CAR OVERTURNS INTO WHIRLPOOL RAPIDS. WASHOUT CAUSED DISASTER.
CAR TURNED TURTLE IN 10 FEET OF WATER - MANY PINNED DOWN BY SEATS - REPORT SOME MISSING.
Niagara Falls, N. Y., July 1. - A Belt Line car on the... Read MORE...
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1920 - THREE KILLED BY ROCKS IN CAVE OF THE WINDS.
Niagara Falls, N.Y., Sept. 6. - Two women and a man were crushed to death and two men were injured this afternoon when a slide of shale rock forced... Read MORE...
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1929 - January 2 - US & Canada agree to preserve Niagara Falls
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1938 - "HONEYMOON BRIDGE" COLLAPSES WITH LOSS OF MILLION DOLLARS.
Niagara Falls, N. Y., Jan. 28 - (AP) - An international crowd of several thousand lined the lofty banks of Niagara Gorge today for a glimpse of... Read MORE...
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1980 - May 20 - 710 families in Love Canal area (Niagara Falls NY) are evacuated
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May 20, 1980
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