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Niagara Falls (city, New York)
A city, Niagara County, western New York, on the Niagara River, opposite Niagara Falls, Ontario; incorporated as a city 1892.

The French built a fort on the site of the city in 1745.
The British captured the region in 1759, and the U.S. settlement of Manchester was founded here in 1806.
Held by the British during the War of 1812, the community in 1848 was renamed Niagara Falls, Niagara being a Native American word for "at the neck."

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Niagara Falls (waterfall), waterfall in east central North America, located on the Niagara River, in western New York and southeastern Ontario.
Niagara Falls consists of two cataracts: the Horseshoe, or Canadian, Falls (57 m/187 ft high), on the Canadian side of the river, and the American Falls (55 m/182 ft high), on the United States side.
The waterfalls are separated by Goat Island, New York.

Niagara Falls is a great tourist attraction, luring millions of visitors each year. The falls may be viewed from parks located on either side of the river, from observation towers, from boats, from Goat Island, and from the Rainbow Bridge, located a short distance downstream.
Visitors also may enter the Cave of the Winds, situated behind a curtain of falling water near the base of the American Falls.

New York
A state of the northeast United States.
It was admitted as one of the original Thirteen Colonies in 1788.
The building of the Erie Canal and railroad lines in the 1820's and 1830's
led to development of the western part of the state and great economic
prosperity, establishing New York City as the financial center of the nation.
Albany is the capital and New York City the largest metropolis.
Population, 18,044,500+.

Updated 04-09-03

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