The New International Encyclopædia/Lewiston (New York)

LEWISTON. A village and summer resort in Niagara County, N. Y., on the Niagara River, seven miles north of Niagara Falls; the terminus of a line of steamers to Toronto; on the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad (Map: New York, A 2). It has a public library. The Gorge Road, Rumsay Park, and the Tuscarora Indian Reservation are of interest in this locality. Population, in 1890, 633; in 1900, 697. A blockhouse was erected here by the French in 1720, but was soon abandoned, though an Indian village, later the home of Joseph Brant, grew up in the vicinity. Near it are Devil's Hole and Bloody Run—the scene of a terrible Indian massacre on September 14, 1763. The permanent settlement by the whites dates from about 1800; the township was set off from Cambria in 1818, and in 1843 the village was incorporated. In 1813 (December 19th) Lewiston was burned by the English and Indians. Consult Pool, Landmarks of Niagara County, N. Y. (Syracuse, 1897).