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Hennepin View

Niagara Falls State Park at Niagara Reservation, New York
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Near this spot stood Father Louis Hennepin, a Franciscan missionary and chronicler of La Salle's expedition of 1678-9. He was the first to preach the gospel on the Niagara frontier and the first white man who saw and described the falls of Niagara.
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Niagara Falls, New York · United States

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Niagara Falls State Park at Niagara Reservation, New York
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