Identifier: routesratesforsu01rome (find matches)
Title: Routes and rates for summer tours
Year: 1895 (1890s)
Authors: Rome, Watertown, and Ogdensburg railroad company. (from old catalog)
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Publisher: (New York, Press of the American bank note co.)
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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will be doubledhere, as there is a fall of 300 feet at the site of the city.Prospectus and full information can be obtained by address-ing The Model Town Company, Lewiston, N. Y. Directly opposite, on the Canadian side, is the interest-ing town of Queenston. It is well worth a visit, for it oc-cupies an important place in history. Here the gallantGeneral Brock and his aide-de-camp, McDonnell, fell,October 11, 1812. On the heights above the village is themonument erected to General Brocks memory, and fromits commanding site it is a conspicuous object for severalmiles. It is 185 feet high, surmounted by a dome, whichis reached by a flight of 250 steps on the inside. After leaving Lewiston the road soon skirts LakeOntario, passing through the finest farming section of theState. An almost continuous succession of peach orchardsextends along the shore. NEWFANE has a population of 800. Olcott, onemile distant, is a delightful resort on Lake Ontario. ROME, WATERTOWN AND OGDENSBURG RAILROAD,
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ROME, WATERTOWN AND OGDENSBURG RAILROAD. 23 OAK ORCHARD-ON-THE-LAKE, two and a half miles from Carlton, is a beautifulresort on the wooded shores of Oak Orchard Harbor, with an unbroken sandy beach that allowsunobstructed access to the waters of Lake Ontario. The air is cool and refreshing at all times.Bathing, boating, good fishing and cottage life in delightful summer homes, in the midst ofbeautiful scenery, are the attractive features of this resort. The Oak Orchard-on-the-LakeCompany, incorporated in 1891, composed of prominent Buffalo gentlemen, is developing thisplace and has laid out attractive streets and avenues. WATERPORT, a thriving village, is situated at the confluence of Orchard River and OtterCreek. Fruit-growing is a prominent industry in this vicinity. The village is fast becoming alarge manufacturing centre. A number of Rochester gentlemen have formed a company with$500,000 capital to utilize the enormous water-power for manufacturing purposes. The great damAvill be

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