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Buffalo, Erie, New York, USA
"Buffalo, a city, port of entry, and seat of justice of Erie co., N.Y., is situated at the eastern extremity of Lake Erie, in lat. 42°53' N., lon. 78° 55' W., being 352 miles W. of Albany by the Erie Canal (300 miles by the New York Central Railroad), 460 miles N.W. of New York by the New York, Lake Erie & Western Railroad, 22 miles S.S.E. of Niagara Falls, 182 miles N.E. of Cleveland by the Lake Shore and Nickel Plate Railroads (203 miles by water), and 290 miles E. by N. of Detroit by the Michigan Central. It has railway connections with Goderich on Lake Huron, 159 miles distant, with Detroit and Sarnia, and with Toronto and Montreal, all via the Grand Trunk Rail way. Other railroads terminating there are the West Shore, the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg, the Western New York & Pennsylvania, and the branches of the Reading System.
The city has a water front of about 5 miles, being about 21 miles on the lake and 2 1/ 2 miles on the Niagara River. The site on the lake front gradually rises, and at the distance of about 2 miles becomes an extended undulating plain 50 feet above the water-level of the harbor, A portion of the river front is a bold bluff 60 feet above the water level of the river and of the Erie Canal, which passes near it. The more elevated portion of the site affords fine views of the city, the Niagara River, the Canada shore, the lake and Bay, and the hilly country to the S.E. Buffalo, especially the W. side residence portion, is handsomely built. Its streets are broad and straight, and for the most part intersect one another at right angles. Main street, extending about 6 miles, Niagara street 5 miles, and Delaware avenue 3 miles, are particularly worthy of mention. At the point where the waters of the lake merge in the Niagara River, Buffalo Creek enters the lake from the E. and the Erie Canal from the N.W., being nearly parallel in their passage through the city and harbor. The streets in the more elevated portions of the city are bordered with a profusion of shade-trees, and the more important avenues have many fine residences. Over 100 miles of asphalt pavement adds much to elegance and comfort. Shade-trees also adorn the public squares and small parks, of which there are 15.
Favorably located for business, and with many advantages as a place of residence, Buffalo shows a ratio of increase in population far above the average of that of cities in the eastern and older portion of the United States, taking rank as the eleventh in population in the census of 1890...
Buffalo, originally laid out by the Holland Company in 1801, became in 1812 a military post. It was burnt in December, 1813, when of the 200 houses composing the village all but two were destroyed by the British and Indians. By act of Congress $80,000 was voted to compensate the sufferers for the loss sustained. In April, 1832, it was incorporated as a city, and in 1852 the charter was amended so as to include Black Rock. The act of the legislature was ratified by the people in 1853, and on the first day of January, 1854, it went into operation. Pop, in 1810, 1508; in 1820,2095; in 1830,8653; in 1840, 18,213; in 1850, 42,251; in 1860,85,500; in 1870, 117,714; in 1880, 155,134; in 1890,254,457; and in 1892 (state census), 278,796."
Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ...
Joseph Thomas
January 1, 1895
J.B. Lippincott
"Buffalo, a city, port of entry, and seat of justice of Erie co., N.Y., is situated at the eastern extremity of Lake Erie, in lat. 42°53' N., lon. 78° 55' W., being 352 miles W. of Albany by the Erie Canal (300 miles by the New York Central Railroad), 460 miles N.W. of New York by the New York, Lake Erie & Western Railroad, 22 miles S.S.E. of Niagara Falls, 182 miles N.E. of Cleveland by the Lake Shore and Nickel Plate Railroads (203 miles by water), and 290 miles E. by N. of Detroit by the Michigan Central. It has railway connections with Goderich on Lake Huron, 159 miles distant, with Detroit and Sarnia, and with Toronto and Montreal, all via the Grand Trunk Rail way. Other railroads terminating there are the West Shore, the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg, the Western New York & Pennsylvania, and the branches of the Reading System.
The city has a water front of about 5 miles, being about 21 miles on the lake and 2 1/ 2 miles on the Niagara River. The site on the lake front gradually rises, and at the distance of about 2 miles becomes an extended undulating plain 50 feet above the water-level of the harbor, A portion of the river front is a bold bluff 60 feet above the water level of the river and of the Erie Canal, which passes near it. The more elevated portion of the site affords fine views of the city, the Niagara River, the Canada shore, the lake and Bay, and the hilly country to the S.E. Buffalo, especially the W. side residence portion, is handsomely built. Its streets are broad and straight, and for the most part intersect one another at right angles. Main street, extending about 6 miles, Niagara street 5 miles, and Delaware avenue 3 miles, are particularly worthy of mention. At the point where the waters of the lake merge in the Niagara River, Buffalo Creek enters the lake from the E. and the Erie Canal from the N.W., being nearly parallel in their passage through the city and harbor. The streets in the more elevated portions of the city are bordered with a profusion of shade-trees, and the more important avenues have many fine residences. Over 100 miles of asphalt pavement adds much to elegance and comfort. Shade-trees also adorn the public squares and small parks, of which there are 15.
Favorably located for business, and with many advantages as a place of residence, Buffalo shows a ratio of increase in population far above the average of that of cities in the eastern and older portion of the United States, taking rank as the eleventh in population in the census of 1890...
Buffalo, originally laid out by the Holland Company in 1801, became in 1812 a military post. It was burnt in December, 1813, when of the 200 houses composing the village all but two were destroyed by the British and Indians. By act of Congress $80,000 was voted to compensate the sufferers for the loss sustained. In April, 1832, it was incorporated as a city, and in 1852 the charter was amended so as to include Black Rock. The act of the legislature was ratified by the people in 1853, and on the first day of January, 1854, it went into operation. Pop, in 1810, 1508; in 1820,2095; in 1830,8653; in 1840, 18,213; in 1850, 42,251; in 1860,85,500; in 1870, 117,714; in 1880, 155,134; in 1890,254,457; and in 1892 (state census), 278,796."
Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ...
Joseph Thomas
January 1, 1895
J.B. Lippincott
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- 1789 - Buffalo, New York founded
www.wikipedia.org - In 1800, Buffalo, New York, was a town of four log cabins.
www.wikipedia.org - 1813 - Decmber 29 - British burn Buffalo, NY during War of 1812
historyorb.com - 1841 - August 9 - Erie boat in Buffalo NY catches fire; 242 die
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1844 - October 19 - The famous "Lower Great Lakes Storm" occurred. Southwesterly winds were at hurricane force for five hours, driving lake waters into downtown Buffalo NY. The storm drowned 200 persons.
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October 19, 1844- 1850 - TREMENDOUS FIRE ! - OVER $100,000 OF PROPERTY DESTROYED !
From the Buffalo Daily Courier.
It becomes out painful duty to record the most disastrous conflagration, which has ever visited our city. The Ameri...Read MORE... 
Erie Canal Basin and Elevator, Buffalo
Picturesque America: Or, the Land We Live In. A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes... With Illustr. on Steel and Wood, by Eminent American Artists, Volume 1
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Main Street, Buffalo, From St Paul's Church
Picturesque America: Or, the Land We Live In. A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes... With Illustr. on Steel and Wood, by Eminent American Artists, Volume 1
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Grain-Propeller, Buffalo
Picturesque America: Or, the Land We Live In. A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes... With Illustr. on Steel and Wood, by Eminent American Artists, Volume 1
William C. Bryant
Appleton, 1872
City of Buffalo
Picturesque America: Or, the Land We Live In. A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes... With Illustr. on Steel and Wood, by Eminent American Artists, Volume 1
William C. Bryant
Appleton, 1872- 1871 - Christopher Columbus was badly defeated for Councilman at the Buffalo election. Such is fame.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
January 7, 1871 
Main Street, Buffalo, From St. Paul's Church
Picturesque America... Oliver Bell Bunce, William Cullen Bryant
New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1872-1874.- 1880 - Ice Cream Sundae
1880: Buffalo, NY; Evanston, IL; Two Rivers, WI; and Ithaca, NY all claim to have invented the ice cream sundae. Wherever it happened, it first starte...Read MORE... - 1889 - BUFFALO'S CALAMITY. The Heart of the City Swept by Fire, and a Loss of $2,500,000 Incurred -
Forty Buildings, Including Two Hotels Burned - A Fireman Killed by Falling Walls - Seventeen Other Persons Hurt.
BUFFALO, N. Y., Feb. 4 - The great...Read MORE... 
1890s
New Process Soap
Gowans & Stover
Buffalo, N.Y.- 1891 - A BIG BLAZE IN BUFFALO. WARNER BROTHERS' NEW BUILDING LAID IN ASHES.
THE LOSS ON BUILDING AND STOCK IN FOUR STORES ABOUT $300,000, FULLY INSURED - TWO FIREMEN TAKEN FROM THE RUINS DEAD.
BUFFALO, N. Y., Jan. 23. - Th...Read MORE... - 1893 - HEAVY FIRE IN BUFFALO. FIRE EARLY THIS MORNING DESTROYS PROPERTY VALUED AT $750,000.
Buffalo, Dec. 14 - Fire this morning destroyed the Arcade building on Main street, including ROBINSON Musee, SHEAS music hall and several stores, incl...Read MORE... - 1896 - BUILDING COLLAPSED. A NUMBER OF PEOPLE KILLED AT BUFFALO, N.Y. ALMOST CRIMINAL CARELESSNESS.
THE OLD STRUCTURE WAS PROPPED UP FOR REPAIRS, WHEN THE PROPS SUDDENLY GAVE WAY AND A SCORE OR MORE PEOPLE WERE CAUGHT IN THE TRAP.
NAMES OF THE VIC...Read MORE... 
T. C. Tanke
Cor. Main and Eagle Streets
Buffalo, N.Y.
Ladies' Home Journal
November 1898
Elk Street Market- 1901 - McKinley Assassinated
President William McKinley is assassinated in Buffalo.
Location: Inside the Temple of Music on the grounds of the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo,...Read MORE... - 1901 - Pan-American Exposition (Buffalo)
The Pan-American Exposition was a World's Fair held in Buffalo, New York, United States, from May 1 through November 2, 1901. The fair occupied 350 ac...Read MORE... 
Temple of Music, Buffalo, N.Y. Where Pres. McKinley was Shot (1901)
Wilcox Residence, Buffalo, N.Y. where President Roosevelt took the oath of office, Sept. 14th, 1901- On July 17, 1902, Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, NY)
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City Hall, 1907
Ellicott Square Building, 1907
North Street Looking West From Delaware Ave., Lenox Hotel, Buffalo, N.Y., 1907
Old Home Week, 1907
Delaware Ave. Residences, 1908
Elmwood Avenue Bridge and Albright Art Gallery
Albright Art Gallery
Allen Street, looking toward Days Park
Chamber of Commerce and Bank of Buffalo, 1910
Historical Building, Delaware Park
Lafayette Hotel
Lafayette Square, 1910
The Larkin Factories, Buffalo, N.Y.
Over Fifty Acres of Floor Space. Visitors Welcome.
The Larkin Company are the World's Largest Manufacturers of Soaps and Toilet Preparations and are important Food Specialists. The entire output of the Larkin... Read MORE...
Outer Light House and Breakwall
Marine Nat'l Bank Bldg., 1910
Bird's-eye View of the H. A. Meldrum Company's Department Stores
460-470 Main Street, Buffalo, N.Y.
Bear Pits, Park Zoo
The Telephone Building
William Street, showing Siegrist & Fraley Department Store- 1911 - $250,000 FIRE IN BUFFALO FACTORY. FIREMEN BATTERED AND BURNED IN FIGHTING TO AVERT BIG EXPLOSION. TWO WOMEN RESCUED.
THICK SMOKE OVERCOMES DWELLERS IN ADJACENT HOUSE, WHO ARE CARRIED TO SAFETY - SCORE OF FIREMEN BLOWN ACROSS STREET - FLAMES KEPT FROM TURPENTINE.
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Morning Roll Call at Fort Porter, 1911
Edward Street Grammar School No. 46
Shelton Square, Intersection of Main, Erie, Church and Niagara Streets
Elk Street Market
Main Street Looking North- 1913 - Six Men Injured in $100,000 Fire at Buffalo Hotel
Buffalo, Sept. 17.- Fire which broke out in the plant of Dirnberger Popcorn company, No. 135 Seneca street this morning spread to the Hotel Broezel an...Read MORE... - 1916
Buffalo, a city, port of entry, and seat of justice of Erie co., N.Y., is situated at the eastern extremity of Lake Erie, in lat. 42° 53' N., Lon. 78°...Read MORE... 
Shopping District, Main St.
School 56
Main Street from Shelton Sq., Buffalo, N.Y. (1918)
Academy of Science
Central Terminal- 1922 - March 14 - WGR-AM in Buffalo NY begins radio transmissions
historyorb.com - 1927 - August 4 - The Peace Bridge between the U.S. and Canada opens. The 3,580 foot long bridge is located near Buffalo, New York, and crosses the Niagara River.
http://www.independentsentinel.com/ 
St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral and Shelton Square, Buffalo, N.Y.
New Federal Court House, Niagara Square, Buffalo, N.Y.
Hotel Touraine
Peace Bridge across Niagara River, Connecting Canada and Buffalo, N.Y.
Kleinhan's Music Hall, 1944- 1945 - December 14-17 - A record December snowstorm buried Buffalo, NY, under 36.6 inches of snow, with unofficial totals south of the city ranging up to 70 inches. Travel was brought to a halt by the storm.
The Weather Channel - 1967 - June 27 - Race riot in Buffalo NY (200 arrested)
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June 27, 1967
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