Niagara Falls – Buffalo’s Wonder Neighbor Posted on June 26, 2012 by Amy Vilz PausePlayPlayPrev|Next Top: Charles Blondin crossing the Niagara Gorge (while carrying his manager); Bottom: Whirlpool Aero Car. The Falls in winter. Map of Historic Niagara, made for Peter A. Porter, 1891. Top: Father Louis Hennepin at the Falls, 1697; Middle: Artist conception of beavers buiding dams below the Falls, 1702; Bottom: Early view, 1700-1750. Horseshoe Falls. The Falls in winter. Source: This is the Story – in Pictures and Words – of Buffalo, One of America’s Truly Great Cities, published by Otto Retter, 1932. Your email: