iff in , ▁▁ ▁At ▁two ▁o ' clock ▁we ▁took ▁the ▁rail road ; ▁the ▁trav elling - on ▁which ▁was ▁very ▁slow , ▁its ▁construction ▁being ▁ind ifferent , ▁and ▁the ▁ground ▁wet ▁and ▁mar sh y ; ▁and ▁arrived ▁at ▁Sand us ky ▁in ▁time ▁to ▁d ine ▁that ▁evening . ▁We ▁put ▁up ▁at ▁a ▁comfortable ▁little ▁hotel ▁on ▁the ▁br ink ▁of ▁Lake ▁Er ie , ▁lay ▁there ▁that ▁night , ▁and ▁had ▁no ▁choice ▁but ▁to ▁wait ▁there ▁next ▁day , ▁until ▁a ▁steam bo at ▁bound ▁for ▁Buff alo ▁appeared . ▁The ▁town , ▁which ▁was ▁sl ugg ish ▁and ▁un inter est ing ▁enough , ▁was ▁something ▁like ▁the ▁back ▁of ▁an ▁English ▁water ing - place ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁season . ▁ ▁The ▁city ▁developed ▁as ▁a ▁center ▁of ▁paper - making . ▁With ▁a ▁mill ▁in ▁the ▁industrial ▁area ▁near ▁the ▁lake , ▁the ▁Hin de ▁& ▁D auch ▁P aper ▁Company ▁was ▁the ▁largest ▁employ er ▁in ▁the ▁city ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 0 0 s . ▁ ▁Geography ▁ ▁Geography ▁ ▁Sand us ky ▁is ▁located ▁at ▁ ▁( 4 1 . 4 4 6 7 4 1 , ▁− 8 2 . 7 0 9 0 9 2 ). ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁Census ▁Bureau , ▁the ▁city ▁has ▁a ▁total ▁area ▁of ▁, ▁of ▁which ▁ ▁is ▁land ▁and ▁ ▁is ▁water . ▁ ▁Sand us ky ▁occup ies ▁the ▁def unct ▁town ship ▁Port