Abstract
By the time oscar wilde made his American tour in 1882, the honeymoon tradition at Niagara was firmly established. Perhaps we are as cynical about honeymoons at the Falls as Wilde; by now the idea is a thorough cliche. Yet the custom has had a remarkably long life, reaching its widest vogue in the 1920s and 1930s, and even today it is not completely defunct: Young couples still “Shuffle Off to Buffalo” and the Falls. In the late nineteenth century the association of the Falls with the wedding journey was promoted by hotel advertisements and railroad excursion pitches – a product of commercial “hype” much like the modern Poconos honeymoon. But the origin of the Niagara honeymoon seems to antedate such promotion by several decades, although it is difficult to pinpoint. Both its elusive origins and its remarkable persistence suggest a deep-seated imaginative attraction that Niagara has held for newlyweds.
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