Francis J. Petrie was for many years the City Historian of Niagara Falls, as well as the author of a regular newspaper column in the Niagara Falls Review.
After his death many of his photographs, negatives, slides, and postcards were donated to the Library.
The track down the middle of the street is for the old narrow guage trolley line that ran to Fort Niagara and Fort Niagara Beach (going north), and back to Niagara Falls (going south).
The track down the middle of the street is for the old narrow guage trolley line that ran to Fort Niagara and Fort Niagara Beach (going north), and back to Niagara Falls (going south).
The Ice Bridge broke apart, with Mr. & Mrs. Eldridge Stanton stranded on a piece of Ice. Burrell Hecock attempted to rescue them but all 3 perished in the Lower Niagara River at the Whirlpool Rapids ;