[post_page_title]Increased interest[/post_page_title]
It’s believed that the name Niagara Falls came from the Iroquoian word “onguiaahra,” which means “the strait.” This was the first time that the waterfalls had been named, and a host of people from the West wanted to take in the sight for themselves.
By the time the 1800s came around, the railroad was a popular form of transport and meant that hundreds of people could make their way across the nation. All of a sudden, people knew they had a new way to cash in on the attraction.
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