Western New York Heritage

A Visit to Niagara Falls

By Jacek Wysocki - July 15, 2011

For centuries, people of all backgrounds and walks of life have recorded their impressions of Niagara Falls. Jack Wysocki provides a survey of these viewpoints, as well as the accompanying development — good and bad — of one of Western New York's most significant geographic features.

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