http://www.fepl.ca/localhistory/files/original/f54e28fe2ede051f7dc5f745aa1e8f97.pdf f3ed7913c629a2260da53765254be776 PDF Text Text Ferry at Black Rock::: Inf. 1863.:: ON a high hill back from the river overlooking "Black Rock" stoo Fort Adams which was later named Fort Porter. During the war of 1812 Scott pJanted his cannons at Breckinridge.Black Rock warehouse stood by Bird Island( Now long gone)Silas Carter who had his mill on the Canadian shore of Lake Erie crossed from Black Rock to Canada. He married at 75 yrs and lived to be 100. He had three children: It was in 1796 the the official Ferry Landing was established, this being at Balck Rock. The first Ferryman was a man known as Gilmer. to the ground His house and barns were burnt during the war. He returned soon after to Penn. Col. O"Neil the next Ferryman lived at Black Rock. 1806. In 1812 Maj. Frederick Miller took the lease of the Ferry. 1812 the Ferry lease went to Mr.orangeBrace.At this time the ferry was a scow propelled by a sweep handled by two to four men with another long sweep at the stern. It held ten ton burden. When Mr. brace had the Ferry Dr. Josiah Towbridge crossed the Black rock ferry to Fort Erie. In 1821. Ferry leas went to Asa Stommard. Between 1822 and 24., the Ferry seased for the building of the Erie Canal. to exist while prerations got underway It was necessary to blow up the original black rock on the waterfront.The Ferry landing was moved 1/4 mile north to the foot of Ferry St. In 1826 at the new Ferry site the lease went to Donald Frase & Lestor Brace. IT was recommende that the Ferry had to become a horse boat or a steam boat. It was Brace & fraser that first placed a steam boat on the river. It was a scow with. a wheel upon a main horizontil shaft, cogs, propelled by means of plying into clogs on the shaft.Four horses treading the wheel propelled the boat.It was the second of it's kind in the country. in 1840 the lease went to James Haggart , who installed a steam ferry.Judge Bull was part owner.( there is an early map of the Ferry location prepARED BY Henry Lovejoy in the Buffalo Historical files) This inf. from their records • • � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Louis McDermott Collection Subject The topic of the resource Local history, Fort Erie and surrounding area. Description An account of the resource A collection of historical documents, photos, news clippings, letters, and writings, assembled by local historian, Louis McDermott, and donated to the Fort Erie Public Library. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Louis McDermott Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived FEPL-LH -Louis McDermott Language A language of the resource English Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Included in this collection are writings, historical documents, news clippings, images, maps, and more. They were written and compiled by Louis McDermott into a series of binders. The digital collection has been scanned from these physical copies. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Fort Erie Public Library and Louis McDermott Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Heydey of the Horse Ferry Description An account of the resource Listed here is the cover of a book by Donald J Shomette regarding the ferry. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Louis McDermott Historical Collection Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Undated ferries Fort Erie Louis Mcdermott Collection undated