Buffalo-Niagara connections
Subtitle: a new regional history of the Niagara link : geography's impact on the history of Western New York and Ontario's Niagara Peninsula
By: John W. Percy.
Publisher: Western New York Heritage Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Buffalo, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 370
ISBN-13: 9781878097149
Subjects: Economic geography.; Niagara Frontier (N.Y.) -- History.; New York (State), Western -- History.; Niagara River (N.Y. and Ont.); Niagara Peninsula (Ont.) -- History.; Buffalo (N.Y.) -- History.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 354-356) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: The Niagara link; title: Geology of the Niagara region; title: Geography of the Niagara link; title: Native Americans; title: The French Era; title: English interlude; title: Preparing for settlement; title: Early settlement; title: Villages, towns and counties; title: The War of 1812: part 1 - invasion repelled; title: The War of 1812: part 2 - folly and flames; title: The War of 1812: part 3 - a long grey line; title: Frontier Phoenix; title: Canals redirect the Niagara link; title: The Niagara link makes Buffalo the Queen City; title: Buffalo becomes a railroad center; title: The Niagara link in three more wars; title: Industry develops along the Niagara link; title: The Golden Era; title: Fading glory - assault on the link; title: World War II; title: Crisis - Buffalo's broken link; title: Renaissance - a new link.