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In 1901, President William McKinley was assassinated in Buffalo.




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  • 1789 - Buffalo, New York founded

    wikipedia.org

  • In 1800, Buffalo, New York, was a town of four log cabins.

    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

    historyorb.com

  • News 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.

    WeatherForYou.com
    October 19, 1844

  • News 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 American Hotel, the Park Church, and numerous stores and dwellings contiguous to both are now in ruins. The blow has been a heavy one, and will awaken our ...Read MORE...


  • Buffalo, New York, USA
    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
    William C. Bryant
    Appleton, 1872

    Artwork
  • Buffalo, New York, USA
    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
    William C. Bryant
    Appleton, 1872

    Artwork
  • Buffalo, New York, USA
    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

    Artwork
  • Buffalo, New York, USA
    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
    Artwork
  • 1854 - Buffalo
    Buffalo, a city, port of entry, and seat of justice of Erie county, New York, is situated at the eastern extremity of Lake Erie, 2 or 8 miles S. from the commencement of Niagara river : W. from Albany 364 miles by the Erie canal, and 325 miles by the Central railroad, (both of which terminate in...Read MORE...


  • News 1871 - Christopher Columbus was badly defeated for Councilman at the Buffalo election. Such is fame.

    St Joseph Herald
    Saint Joseph, Michigan
    January 7, 1871

  • Buffalo, New York, USA
    Main Street, Buffalo, From St. Paul's Church
    Picturesque America... Oliver Bell Bunce, William Cullen Bryant
    New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1872-1874.
    Artwork
  • 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 started appearing in soda fountains during the 1880's. It was invented because ice cream sodas weren't allowed to be sold on Sundays; the ice cream sundae...Read MORE...


  • News 1887 - A PECULIAR CASE. Boys and Girls Married by a Buffalo Clergyman.
    BUFFALO, N.Y., March 16. A most peculiar case came up in the Police Court here to-day, when a little girl between thirteen and fourteen years of age Applied to Judge King for a warrant for her husband. After some explanation it was given, for non-support. She said his name was Herbert F. Stone, and ...Read MORE...


  • News 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 fire Saturday morning did the most disastrous work in Buffalo since the embryo city was swept in flames in the war with the British and Indians in...Read MORE...


  • Buffalo, New York, USA
    1890s
    New Process Soap
    Gowans & Stover
    Buffalo, N.Y.
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  • Buffalo, New York, USA
    Lutted's S.P. Cough Drops
    Buffalo, N.Y., U.S.A.

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  • News 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. - The new and handsome building of Warner Brothers, at Terrace and Pearl Streets, was almost completely ruined by fire to-night. Within a week of the...Read MORE...


  • News 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, including YENXA'S large grocery.

    The loss is estimated at three-quarters of a million.

    A number of people were sleeping in the Musee and barely...Read MORE...


  • 1895 - Buffalo
    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 ...Read MORE...


  • News 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 VICTIMS.

    Buffalo, May 22. - Yesterday morning the Seneca Street side of the Brown building formerly occupied by the Western Union Telegraph company...Read MORE...


  • Buffalo, New York, USA
    T. C. Tanke
    Cor. Main and Eagle Streets
    Buffalo, N.Y.

    Ladies' Home Journal
    November 1898
    Advertisement
  • Buffalo, New York, USA
    Elk Street Market
    Postcard
  • 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, New York.

    He was shaking hands with the public when Leon Czolgosz, an anarchist, shot him twice in the abdomen. McKinley died six days later on...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 acres (1.4 km2) of land on the western edge of what is now Delaware Park, extending from Delaware Avenue to Elmwood Avenue and northward to Great Arrow ...Read MORE...


  • Buffalo, New York, USA
    Temple of Music, Buffalo, N.Y. Where Pres. McKinley was Shot (1901)
  • Buffalo, New York, USA
    Wilcox Residence, Buffalo, N.Y. where President Roosevelt took the oath of office, Sept. 14th, 1901
    Postcard
  • On July 17, 1902, Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, NY)

    www.carrier.com

  • Buffalo, New York, USA
    City Hall, 1907
    Postcard
  • Buffalo, New York, USA
    Ellicott Square Building, 1907
    Postcard
  • Buffalo, New York, USA
    North Street Looking West From Delaware Ave., Lenox Hotel, Buffalo, N.Y., 1907
    Postcard
  • Buffalo, New York, USA
    Old Home Week, 1907
    Postcard
  • Buffalo, New York, USA
    Delaware Ave. Residences, 1908
    Postcard
  • Buffalo, New York, USA
    Elmwood Avenue Bridge and Albright Art Gallery
    Postcard
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    Albright Art Gallery
    Postcard
  • Buffalo, New York, USA
    Allen Street, looking toward Days Park
    Postcard
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    Chamber of Commerce and Bank of Buffalo, 1910
    Postcard
  • Buffalo, New York, USA
    Historical Building, Delaware Park
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    Lafayette Hotel
    Postcard
  • Buffalo, New York, USA
    Lafayette Square, 1910
    Postcard
  • Buffalo, New York, USA
    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 Factories goes direct from the Factory to Family, thus saving for customers the expenses and profits of wholesalers and retailers.
    Advertisement
  • Buffalo, New York, USA
    Outer Light House and Breakwall
    Postcard
  • Buffalo, New York, USA
    Marine Nat'l Bank Bldg., 1910
    Postcard
  • Buffalo, New York, USA
    Bird's-eye View of the H. A. Meldrum Company's Department Stores
    460-470 Main Street, Buffalo, N.Y.
    Postcard
  • Buffalo, New York, USA
    Bear Pits, Park Zoo
    Postcard
  • Buffalo, New York, USA
    The Telephone Building
    Postcard
  • Buffalo, New York, USA
    William Street, showing Siegrist & Fraley Department Store
    Postcard
  • News 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.

    Special to The Syracuse Herald.
    Buffalo, April 27 - Damage estimated this morning at $250,000 resulted from a fire which practically destroyed the...Read MORE...


  • Buffalo, New York, USA
    Morning Roll Call at Fort Porter, 1911
    Postcard
  • Buffalo, New York, USA
    Edward Street Grammar School No. 46
    Postcard
  • Buffalo, New York, USA
    Shelton Square, Intersection of Main, Erie, Church and Niagara Streets
    Postcard
  • Buffalo, New York, USA
    Elk Street Market
    Postcard
  • Buffalo, New York, USA
    Main Street Looking North
    Postcard
  • News 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 and within a few minutes the third, fourth and fifth floor of the hotel were ablaze.

    No one was killed, but six men were injured. They are:

    John ...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° 55' W., 352 miles W. of Albany by the Erie Canal and 300 miles by the New York Central and Hudson River R. Other railroads centring here are the...Read MORE...


  • Buffalo, New York, USA
    Shopping District, Main St.
    Postcard
  • Buffalo, New York, USA
    School 56
    Postcard
  • Buffalo, New York, USA
    Main Street from Shelton Sq., Buffalo, N.Y. (1918)
    Postcard
  • Buffalo, New York, USA
    Academy of Science
    Postcard
  • Buffalo, New York, USA
    Central Terminal
    Postcard
  • 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/

  • Buffalo, New York, USA
    St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral and Shelton Square, Buffalo, N.Y.
    Postcard
  • Buffalo, New York, USA
    New Federal Court House, Niagara Square, Buffalo, N.Y.
    Postcard
  • Buffalo, New York, USA
    Hotel Touraine
    Postcard
  • Buffalo, New York, USA
    Peace Bridge across Niagara River, Connecting Canada and Buffalo, N.Y.
    Postcard
  • Buffalo, New York, USA
    Kleinhan's Music Hall, 1944
    Postcard
  • 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

  • News 1967 - June 27 - Race riot in Buffalo NY (200 arrested)

    historyorb.com
    June 27, 1967

  • Buffalo is the 10th windiest city in the U.S. with an average wind speed of 11.8 mph.

    National Weather Service



Old Photos, Pictures, Advertisements and Postcards from Buffalo, New York, USA


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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
William C. Bryant
Appleton, 1872

Buffalo, New York, USA

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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
William C. Bryant
Appleton, 1872

Buffalo, New York, USA

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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

Buffalo, New York, USA

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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

Buffalo, New York, USA

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Main Street, Buffalo, From St. Paul's Church
Picturesque America... Oliver Bell Bunce, William Cullen Bryant
New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1872-1874.

Buffalo, New York, USA

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1890s
New Process Soap
Gowans & Stover
Buffalo, N.Y.

Buffalo, New York, USA

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Lutted's S.P. Cough Drops
Buffalo, N.Y., U.S.A.

Buffalo, New York, USA

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T. C. Tanke
Cor. Main and Eagle Streets
Buffalo, N.Y.

Ladies' Home Journal
November 1898

Buffalo, New York, USA

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Elk Street Market

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Temple of Music, Buffalo, N.Y. Where Pres. McKinley was Shot (1901)
Read more about William MCKINLEY photo of ancestor

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Wilcox Residence, Buffalo, N.Y. where President Roosevelt took the oath of office, Sept. 14th, 1901
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City Hall, 1907

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Ellicott Square Building, 1907

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North Street Looking West From Delaware Ave., Lenox Hotel, Buffalo, N.Y., 1907

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Old Home Week, 1907

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Delaware Ave. Residences, 1908

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Elmwood Avenue Bridge and Albright Art Gallery

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Albright Art Gallery

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Allen Street, looking toward Days Park

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Chamber of Commerce and Bank of Buffalo, 1910

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Historical Building, Delaware Park

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Lafayette Hotel

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Lafayette Square, 1910

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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 Factories goes direct from the Factory to Family, thus saving for customers the expenses and profits of wholesalers and retailers.

Buffalo, New York, USA

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Outer Light House and Breakwall

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Marine Nat'l Bank Bldg., 1910

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Bird's-eye View of the H. A. Meldrum Company's Department Stores
460-470 Main Street, Buffalo, N.Y.

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Bear Pits, Park Zoo

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The Telephone Building

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William Street, showing Siegrist & Fraley Department Store

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Morning Roll Call at Fort Porter, 1911

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Edward Street Grammar School No. 46

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Shelton Square, Intersection of Main, Erie, Church and Niagara Streets

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Elk Street Market

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Main Street Looking North

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Shopping District, Main St.

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Main Street from Shelton Sq., Buffalo, N.Y. (1918)

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School 56

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Academy of Science

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Central Terminal

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St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral and Shelton Square, Buffalo, N.Y.

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New Federal Court House, Niagara Square, Buffalo, N.Y.

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Hotel Touraine

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Peace Bridge across Niagara River, Connecting Canada and Buffalo, N.Y.

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Kleinhan's Music Hall, 1944

History, News and Stories of Buffalo, New York, USA

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  • 1789 - Buffalo, New York founded

    wikipedia.org
  • In 1800, Buffalo, New York, was a town of four log cabins.

    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

    historyorb.com
  • News  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.

    WeatherForYou.com
    October 19, 1844
  • Buffalo NY Then and Now
  • News  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 American Hotel, the Park Church, and numerous stores and dwellings contiguous to both are now in ruins. The blow has been a heavy one, and will awaken our ... Read MORE...

  • 1854 - Buffalo
    Buffalo, a city, port of entry, and seat of justice of Erie county, New York, is situated at the eastern extremity of Lake Erie, 2 or 8 miles S. from the commencement of Niagara river : W. from Albany 364 miles by the Erie canal, and 325 miles by the Central railroad, (both of which terminate in... Read MORE...

  • News  1871 - Christopher Columbus was badly defeated for Councilman at the Buffalo election. Such is fame.

    St Joseph Herald
    Saint Joseph, Michigan
    January 7, 1871
  • 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 started appearing in soda fountains during the 1880's. It was invented because ice cream sodas weren't allowed to be sold on Sundays; the ice cream sundae... Read MORE...

  • News  1887 - A PECULIAR CASE. Boys and Girls Married by a Buffalo Clergyman.
    BUFFALO, N.Y., March 16. A most peculiar case came up in the Police Court here to-day, when a little girl between thirteen and fourteen years of age Applied to Judge King for a warrant for her husband. After some explanation it was given, for non-support. She said his name was Herbert F. Stone, and ... Read MORE...

  • News  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 fire Saturday morning did the most disastrous work in Buffalo since the embryo city was swept in flames in the war with the British and Indians in... Read MORE...

  • News  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. - The new and handsome building of Warner Brothers, at Terrace and Pearl Streets, was almost completely ruined by fire to-night. Within a week of the... Read MORE...

  • News  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, including YENXA'S large grocery.

    The loss is estimated at three-quarters of a million.

    A number of people were sleeping in the Musee and barely... Read MORE...

  • 1895 - Buffalo
    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 ... Read MORE...

  • News  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 VICTIMS.

    Buffalo, May 22. - Yesterday morning the Seneca Street side of the Brown building formerly occupied by the Western Union Telegraph company... 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 acres (1.4 km2) of land on the western edge of what is now Delaware Park, extending from Delaware Avenue to Elmwood Avenue and northward to Great Arrow ... Read MORE...

  • 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, New York.

    He was shaking hands with the public when Leon Czolgosz, an anarchist, shot him twice in the abdomen. McKinley died six days later on... Read MORE...

  • On July 17, 1902, Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, NY)

    www.carrier.com
  • News  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.

    Special to The Syracuse Herald.
    Buffalo, April 27 - Damage estimated this morning at $250,000 resulted from a fire which practically destroyed the... Read MORE...

  • News  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 and within a few minutes the third, fourth and fifth floor of the hotel were ablaze.

    No one was killed, but six men were injured. They are:

    John ... 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° 55' W., 352 miles W. of Albany by the Erie Canal and 300 miles by the New York Central and Hudson River R. Other railroads centring here are the... Read MORE...

  • 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/
  • 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
  • News  1967 - June 27 - Race riot in Buffalo NY (200 arrested)

    historyorb.com
    June 27, 1967


  • Buffalo is the 10th windiest city in the U.S. with an average wind speed of 11.8 mph.

    National Weather Service


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