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• Wrecker's hammer may fall on historic frontier landmark
• Recent Table Rock survey evokes memories of spectacular rockfalls
• Station to be hidden soon: Churchill was celebrated arival

  Churchill, Winston
• Closing of historic school will evoke memories

  Kitchener Street School
• International Bridge is 100 years old today
• Ill-fated Honeymoon Bridge was never officially opened
• Merritt, man of vision, brought world trade routes to Niagara

  Merritt, William Hamilton
• Power plant roof used in rescue of barge victims
• Robbers used building to enter bank vault
• Once Niagara portage terminus, Queenston's founding celebrated

  Hamilton, Robert
• Few landmarks fell to progress in '72
• Century-old Abino school will celebrate next week
• Lundy's Lane to lose long-time landmark

  Dorchester Hall
• Plaques pay tribute to raiding parties in 1812 war
• War of 1812-14 : Both sides ravaged during that bleak December
• Balleni had new twist in tightrope walk : He leapt into Niagara River

  Balleni, Henry
• History in the news : Recent toll controversy nothing compared to problems in the 1800s
• History in the News : For $1 a day, Hotel Lafayette patrons had opulence in their reach
• Petit the next? : A history of daredevils

  Petit, Phillipe / Gravelet, Jean Francois / Farini, Enrico / Leslie, Harry / Spelterina, Maria / Jenkins, J.F. / Calverly, Clifford / MacDonald, D.H. / Cromwell, Charles / Dixon, Samuel J. / Hardy, James E.
• War of 1812 : Cook's Mills was site of last battle on British soil
• History in the News : The Centre has gone from pasture to thriving tourist area
• History in the News : Blondin's tightrope feat here made him world-famous

  Gravelet, Jean Francois
• War of 1812 : Was it revenge that caused the burning of St. Davids?
• City and MCR at odds : Ontario Ave. scene of dispute
• Kitchener St. School : Open house will mark closing
• The biggest was in 1909 : Last major ice jam was 20 years ago
• MCR Bridge : First train crossed 50 years ago

  Michigan Central Railroad
• First celebrated in 1838 : Recalling the history of Victoria Day
• Building's future uncertain : Town hall part of Niagara's history
• Fort Niagara 50 years older than U.S. : Legend has it that ghost haunts French castle
• William 'Red' Hill Jr. : The river he defied so long took his life 25 years ago
• Written by Brock professor : New book examines history, geography of St. Catharines

  Jackson, John N.
• Background to border crossing : Tuscorora chief founded defence league

  Jay, John / Rickard, Clinton
• 20 years ago today : Plant collapse recalled

  Schoelkopf power plant
• 120 years ago today : One of Niagara Falls founders died in Desjardin's rail disaster

  Zimmerman, Samuel
• Non-stop from New York to Paris : 50 years ago Lindbergh flew solo across Atlantic

  Lindbergh, Charles A.
• Two Decades at Crystal Beach : Cyclone was world's scariest ride

  Amusement Park
• Wartime Strife : Local people became involved in conflict
• Morse and Son : Oldest firm has operated 150 years

  Morgan, Gordon E.
• Towers - One : Falls' first lookouts weren't near water
• Looking Back : The day of the fiasco with ferocious beasts
• Reward for Recovery Never Claimed : Scow remains a monument after 60 years above the falls

  Hassayampa
• 125 Years of Growth : Long-lived fair had humble beginnings
• First Parks Chairman Was Brilliant Engineer : Gzowski's feat remembered after 80 years

  Gzowski, Casimir
• A Proud Fleet : Cruises fondly remembered
• Down But Not Out : Foundation seeks to restore church

  St. John's Anglican Church
• Eerie Sound of Silence : The day the falls ran dry... nearly like walking on water
• March 29, 1848 : The day the Falls fell silent and troopers rode the brink
• 70 Years Ago : Tragic drowning of three tourists forced ban on ice bridge carnivals

  Hecock, Burrell / Mr & Mrs Eldgridge Stanton
• Sir Harry Oakes conceived idea of constructing road and bridge
• Table Rock House undergoes its greatest change
• Niagara Paper Box survived fires after 41 years leaves Zimmerman

  Zimmerman Ave
• Prince of Wales was first : June 28 marks 12th royal visit to Niagara Peninsula in 180 years

  Queen Elizabeth / Prince Philip / Prince Edward / King Edward VII
• Kite flying contest preceded building of first Niagara span
• School named for Niagara Rangers, First World War vets

  Memorial School
• Canadian Ohio Brass Co. marks 50th year in city
• Flag Day ceremonies Sunday : Fort Niagara history to be relived
• Americans left in evening as guests, went to war with British on morrow
• City war dead honored by many fine memorials
• First surveyed in 1790 : Escarpment again in the news
• Queenston limestone was used in 1840s for old Welland Canal

  Queenston Quarries
• 1876 historical atlas of Lincoln, Welland counties reprinted

  Page, H.R.
• Negro troops quelled Port Robinson riots

  Black Defenders
• Demolition is planned : Baltimore Hotel started and will end as a store
• Dedication of domed church fulfils many Serbian dreams

  St. George Serbian Orthodox Church
• American was kidnapped to halt expose on Masons

  Morgan, William
• Council criticized for size, cost of city hall in 1865
• Paper denounced the ruling class : Mackenzie launched political career from Queenston house

  Mackenzie, William Lyon
• History in the News : Log house a Willoughby landmark

  Miller, Michael John
• The day the winds came to huff and puff at Brock

  Brock, Isaac
• It linked Crystal Beach to Ridgeway : Monorail operated 70 years ago
• First county school fair was held at John Marshall School
• Lundy's Lane United Church link to early Niagara history
• Original Barker Street school paid highest teachers' salaries

  S S No. 6 Drummondville
• Stamford Park race track flourished after second war
• They once called Willoughby United Church Sauer's Church

  Willoughby Township / Sauer, William Henry / Sauer, A.W.
• Sodom Road was cussed as Satan's Way by early settlers
• House has seen four construction periods

  Woodruff, William
• History in the News : Barnett house disappearing

  Barnett, Thomas / Robinson, James
• History in the news... : Woodruff name synonymous with history of St. Davids

  Woodruff, Richard
• History in the news : Fairview Cemetery was idea of Morton Buckley

  Buckley, Morton
• History in the News : Dutch elm disease attacks Indian trail marker tree

  Thorold-Niagara Falls Townline Rd. / Mountain Rd.
• Old Drummondville link severed as house demolished

  Latshaw, John / Morse, Samuel
• History in the News : First community in Ontario

  Sainte Marie / Jesuits
• History in the news : Mount Carmel community established here in 1875
• History in the news : Oakes Garden Theatre built 30 years ago

  Oakes, Harry
• History in the news : That dark Oct. day on Queenston Heights

  Brock, Isaac / Sheaffe, Hale
• History in the news : A look back at the life of Gen. Brock

  Brock, Isaac
• History in the news : Early tunnels at Table Rock
• Niagara Falls Personalities of the Confederation Period

  Bender, Philip / Bender, Hiram / Buckley, Morton / Crysler, Hermanus (Monty) / Lewis, Zena Beach / Woodruff, Walter / Bell, George / Bunker, Alexander / Cook, Haggai / Latshaw, John / Ker, John / Kick, Michael / Russell, William / Morse, Austin
• History in the news : River Rd. land was set aside 180 years ago
• Ball's Falls combines recreation with pioneer heritage
• History In The News : Church Dates Back to 1794

  Lundy's Lane United Church
• History In The News : Life of Sir Isaac Brock

  Brock, Isaac
• History In The News : Lundy's Lane Once Had 5 Towers

  Anderson Tower / McKenzie Tower / Fralick Tower / Durham Tower
• Monument To Be Moved : Two Historical Events Are Marked By Memorial Cairn

  Stamford Cottage / The Indian Ossuary
• History In The News : Tower Area Was Once Site of Famous Pavilion Hotel
• History in The News : The Battle of Cook's Mills
• Oldest Methodist Church To Be Marked By Historic Plaque

  Swayze, Hiram
• History in the News : Niagara: Lure for More Than 300 Years