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The History of Buffalo, New York
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..... LINKS to each year
| YEAR | |
| Abbott Theatre |
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| Academy of Music | |
| Adam, J. N. |
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| Adam, Meldrum and Anderson Company | |
| Adam, Robert B. | |
| Adams Power Station | |
| Adaptive reuse | |
| Adelphia Communications Company | 2002 |
| Ads from the 1930s |
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| Aerospace industry |
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| African-Americans |
1795, 1796, 1839, , 1843, 1855, 1863, 1914, 1920, 1940, 1960, 1965, 1967,
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| Airacobra | |
| Airacomet | 1942 |
| Air conditioner | 1902 |
| Aircraft |
1909, 1910... 1926, 1935, 1941, 1946, 1947,
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| Airport | 1926 |
| Akron, NY | See Newstead below |
| Alberger, Franklin A. |
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| Albright Art Gallery |
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| Albright, John J. | |
| Albright, Langdon | |
| Allegany Reservation | 1800 |
| Allen, Lewis Falley | |
| Allen, Orlando | |
| Allentown | |
| Allentown Art Festival | 1957 |
| Americana |
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| American Express | 1842, |
| American Hotel (Main St. near Eagle) |
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| American Hotel (Main St. & Ferry) | |
| American League | 1900 |
| American Malting Company | 1899, |
| American Revolution | 1775 |
| American Shipbuilding Company | 1962, |
| Andrews Building | |
| Andrews, Major Andre |
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| Amherst, NY | |
| Ararat | |
| Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) Elevator | |
| Arlen, Harold | |
| Armories |
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| Arnold, C. D. |
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| Art | |
| Arts & Crafts Movement | |
| Associated Buffalo Architects Inc. | |
| Attica Correctional Facility | 1971 |
| Auditorium, The |
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| Austin Building | |
| Austin Street |
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| Automobile |
| Baetzhold, A |
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| Bailey |
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| Baltic | 1847 |
| Bank of Buffalo |
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| Bankers |
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| Banks | |
| Baptist Church | 1837 |
| Barker, Pierre A. |
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| Barnes Bancroft & Co. |
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| Barton, Hiram |
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| Baseball | |
| Baxter, A. E. | |
| Beachy, Lincoln | 1911 |
| Becker, Philip |
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| Beebe, M. E. | |
| Beer | |
| Beirel, Max | |
| Belfer, Lauren |
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| Bell Aircraft |
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| Bell, Lawrence |
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| Belt Line Railroad |
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| Bennett Beach | |
| Bennett, Joseph | |
| Bennett, Lewis J. |
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| Berkshire Hathaway | 2002, |
| Berrick, Alfred E. | |
| Best Street | |
| Bethlehem Steel |
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| Bethune, Louise Blanchard |
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| Bidwell & Banta | 1846, 1847 |
| Bidwell, Daniel Davidson |
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| Big Tree Road | 1805 |
| Bird, William A. |
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| Birge Family |
1916,
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| Bishop, Charles F. |
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| Bishop Fallon High School |
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| Bitter, Karl |
| Black Rock | |
| Blacks | See African-Americans above |
| "Blizzard of 77" | 1977 |
| Blocher, John | |
| Boldt, John E. |
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| Born, Philip | 1845 |
| Bottle collecting |
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| Bowler, R. Arthur | |
| Braun, Joseph | |
| Breckenridge St. Presbyterian Church |
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| Brent, John E. |
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| Brewing Industry |
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| Bricks | |
| Briggs, Horace | |
| Brisbane Building | |
| Broadway | |
| Broexl Hotel | |
| Brodie, Stephen |
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| Brown, Christopher N. |
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| Brown, John Y. | 1976, 1977 |
| Brown, William Wells |
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| Brush, Alexander |
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| Bryant Street | 1854 |
| Buchanan, William I. | |
| Buck, George S. |
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| Buffalo |
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| Buffalo Academy of Fine Arts | 1862 |
| Buffalo Amateurs | |
| Buffalo and Attica Railroad | 1852 |
| Buffalo & Black Rock Land and Railroad Company | 1834 |
| Buffalo & Erie County Historical Society Museum | |
| Buffalo & Erie County Public Library | |
| Buffalo and Susquehanna Iron Company |
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| Buffalo Athletic Club |
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| Buffalo Automobile Club | 1900 |
| Buffalo Aviation Meet | 1911 |
| Buffalo Barracks |
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| Buffalo Bill | |
| Buffalo Bills | 1973, 1988, 1991, 1993 |
| Buffalo Bisons | |
| Buffalo Board of Education | 1965, 1976 |
| Buffalo Board of Trade | 1848 |
| Buffalo Braves Basketball Team | 1970 |
| Buffalo Central School |
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| Buffalo Convention Center | 1978 |
| Buffalo China Inc. |
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| Buffalo City Water Works | 1849 |
| Buffalo Club |
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| Buffalo Consistory |
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| Buffalo Country Club | 1910 |
| Buffalo Creek | 1800, 1818 |
| Buffalo Driving Park | |
| Buffalo Doubles |
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| Buffalo Female Academy (Buffalo Seminary) |
1900, |
| Buffalo Fair Grounds | 1911 |
| Buffalo Gas and Light Company |
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| Buffalo Gazette | 1811 |
| Buffalo General Hospital | 1858 |
| Buffalo German Insurance Co. |
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| Buffalo Harbor Company, The | 1819 |
| Buffalo Historical Society |
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| Buffalo Light Rail Rapid Transit System | 1985 |
| Buffalo Lighthouse | |
| Buffalo Municipal Airport | 1926 |
| Buffalo Museum of Science |
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| Buffalo Naval and Servicemen's Park | 1977 |
| Buffalo Niagara International Airport | 1997 |
| Buffalo Park System | |
| Buffalo Plains | |
| Buffalo Police | 1880 |
| Buffalo postcards | |
| Buffalo Pottery |
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| Buffalo Preservation Board | |
| Buffalo Public Art | |
| Buffalo Public Library | |
| Buffalo Public Schools | |
| Buffalo River | |
| Buffalo's Own Regiment |
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| Buffalo Sabres | 1970, 1975, 1996 |
| Buffalo Saengerbund |
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| Buffalo Savings Bank |
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| Buffalo Starch Factory | 1864 |
| Buffalo State Office Building |
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| Buffalo Urban League | 1927 |
| Buffalo Zoo | 1875 |
| Buildings | |
| Bull, Absalom | 1830 |
| Burnham, D. H. | |
| Buses | 1950 |
| Bush, Myron P. | |
| Busti, Paolo | |
| Butler, Edward H. |
| Caldwell, Taylor | 1900 |
| Calling card | |
| Calspan |
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| Canal District | |
| Canisius College | 1870 |
| Caroline Incident | |
| Carrére, John Merven | |
| Carrier, Willis |
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| Cary, Dr. Charles |
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| Cary, Dr. Walter |
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| Cary. Evelyn Rumsey | |
| Cary, George | |
| Casino Niagara | 1996 |
| Cattaraugus Reservation | 1800 |
| Castle, The (Fort Porter) |
| Castle Inn |
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| Cathedral Park |
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| Cathedral School (St. Joseph's) |
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| Caudell, Richard | |
| Caulkins, F. W. |
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| Cazenove, Theophile | 1800, 1802 |
| Cazenovia Park | |
| Cemeteries | |
| Central High School |
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| Central Park | |
| Central Presbyterian Church | 1912, |
| Central Terminal - See New York Central Terminal below |
| Chapin, Dr. Cyrenius |
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| Chapin, Dr. Daniel | 1841 |
| Chapin, Edward Payson |
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| Chapman, Charlie "The Tuna" | 1981 |
| Chappelle, Frank H. | |
| Chemical industry | 1920, |
| Children's Hospital |
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| Chinese | |
| Chippewa Market |
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| Cholera epidemic |
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| Christopher, Joseph | 1980 |
| Churches | |
| Circle Theatre |
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| City Bank | 1836 |
| City Charter |
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| City Court Building |
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| City Directories |
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| City Hall |
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| City Honors School |
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| City limits |
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| "City of Light" (Lauren Belfer's novel) |
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| City Ship Canal |
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| Civic Stadium |
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| Civil War 1861-1865 | |
| Clarendon Hotel | |
| Clark, Archibald | 1812 |
| Classic Buffalo | |
| Clement Brick Museum |
| Cleveland, Frances Folsom |
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| Cleveland, Grover |
1837, 1859, 1863, 1870, 1882, 1885, 1886, 1888, 1893
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| Clinton, George W. |
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| Cobblestone Historic Preservation District | |
| Coe Place | |
| Coit, George | |
| Colby, Patricia Oishei | 2001 |
| Cold Springs |
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| Col. Francis Ward Pumping Station | 1915 |
| Colonial Circle | |
| Colored Methodist Society | 1831, |
| Colored Musicians Club |
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| Colton, Bishop Charles Henry | |
| Columbian Exposition (Chicago) | |
| Commercial Advertiser |
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| Commercial Bank | 1834 |
| Common Council | |
| Concrete Grain Elevator | 1914 |
| Connecticut Street Armory | |
| Conners, William J. | |
| Consistory |
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| Consolidated Aircraft Corporation |
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| Cook, Eli |
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| Cooke, Walter P. | 1929, |
| Copper | 1910, |
| Cornell, Katharine | |
| Cornell Mansion |
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| Cornell University Library - New York Historical Literature | |
| Cotton, Ana | 1989 |
| Courier Cable Company | 1971 |
| Courier Express |
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| Court House | |
| Coxhead, John H. | |
| Crow's Tavern |
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| Crystal Beach |
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| Curtin, Federal Judge John | 1965 |
| Curtiss, Glenn H. |
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| Curtiss-Wright Corp. |
1916, 1929, 1940. 1941, 1943, 1946,
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| Czechs | 1924, |
| Czolgosz [chol'gosh], Leon |
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| Dan Montgomery's |
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| Dann, E. S. |
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| Darry, William | 1852 |
| Dart, Joseph | |
| Davis, Jacob | |
| Dayton, Lewis P. | |
| Deck, Gregory | 1921 |
| Deco restaurants | |
| DeForest, Marian |
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| Delaware and North Cemetery | |
| Delaware Avenue |
1924, |
| Delaware Historic District | |
| Delaware Park (Original name: The Park) | |
| De Tocqueville | |
| Diebold, Charles, Jr. |
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| Diehl, Conrad |
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| Dinsmore, Ed | 1948 |
| Directories |
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| Dodge Street | |
| Donovan, William | |
| Dorsheimer, William |
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| Dirigible | 1906 |
| Dowd, Bernard J. |
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| Downtown |
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| Driving Park |
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| Dubois, W.E.B. | 1905 |
| Dug's Dive |
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| Dunbar, Robert |
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| Dwight, Timothy |
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| Eagle Hotel |
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| Eagle Park | 1912 |
| Eagle Street Theatre |
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| Eagle Tavern |
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| Eastern Hills Wesleyan Church | 2001 |
| East North Street Cemetery |
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| East Side | |
| East Utica Street | |
| Eberhardt, L.P.A. and Fred | |
| Eidlitz, Cyrus | 1887 |
| Edisonia | |
| Edna Place | |
| Electric chair | |
| Electric Elevator |
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| Electricity | |
| Electric street cars | |
| Elevators | |
| Elk Street Market | |
| Ellicott St. | |
| Ellicott, Andrew | |
| Ellicott Historic Preservation District |
| Ellicott, Joseph | |
| Ellicott Square Building |
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| Ellicott, Lt. James D. | 1812 |
| Elmwood Avenue |
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| Elmwood Music Hall | |
| Ely, W. C. | 1904 |
| Emergency Hospital | 1902 |
| Entertainment Hall of Fame | |
| Erie Basin Marina | 1974 |
| Erie Canal |
1817, 1820, 1821, 1822, 1823, 1824, 1825, 1826, 1855, 1860, 1869, 1900, 1925, |
| Erie County | |
| Erie County Savings Bank | |
| Erie Indians | 1655 |
| Erie Railroad | 1869, |
| Erie Street | 1860 |
| E.R. Thomas Motor Company | 1908 |
| Esenwein, August | |
| Evans Elevator |
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| Evans, William | 1927 |
| Falconwood | |
| Falzone, Lucy | 1989 |
| Fargo, William G. |
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| Feine, August | |
| Fenians |
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| Fillmore, Abigail Powers | |
| Fillmore, Glezen |
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| Fillmore Hotel |
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| Fillmore, Millard |
1800, 1815, 1823, 1826, 1828, 1833, 1844, 1846, 1849, 1850, 1858, 1874, 1881 |
| Fillmore neighborhood | |
| Film history | |
| First Baptist Church | |
| First Battalion, Thirteenth US Infantry |
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| First Church of Christ in Buffalo |
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| First Unitarian Church | |
| First Ward |
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| Fitch Creche | |
| Fleet, Reuben H. | 1924 |
| Flint & Kent Deprtment Store | |
| Flint Hill |
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| Flour Mills - See Grain Elevators below | |
| Folsom, Frances | |
| Ford Motor Co. | 1992 |
| Forest Lawn Cemetery |
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| Fort Niagara |
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| Fort Porter |
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| Fosdick, Dr, Frank Sheldon | |
| Fosdick-Masten H. S. | |
| Fox Movie Company | 1929, |
| Franklin Street Cemetery | |
| Free-Soil party | 1848 |
| French and Indian War | |
| "French Castle" |
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| Front, The (Front Park) | |
| Frontier Theatre |
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| Fruit Belt |
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| Fuhrmann, Louis |
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| Fulton, Robert | 1807, 1813 |
| Gates Circle | |
| Geddes, James | 1808 |
| G. Elias & Bro., Inc., | 1921 |
| General Motors | 1923, 1943 |
| Genesee Hotel | |
| Geography | |
| Geology |
| German American Bank |
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| German Insurance Co. | |
| Germans |
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| Gibson, Johnson and Ehle |
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| Gold |
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| Goldman, Mark | |
| Goldome |
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| Good, Daniel |
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| Goodyear, Charles W. |
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| Goodyear, Frank H. , Sr. |
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| Grain Elevator | |
| Grand Island | |
| Grande, Joseph A. | |
| Granger, Erastus |
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| Grant, Frank |
1896, |
| Grant / Amherst Neighborhood |
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| Grant, W. T. | |
| Grattan, W.S. | |
| Gratwick, William H. | |
| Gratwick, Jr., William H. | |
| Greatbatch, Wilson |
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| Great Northern Grain Elevator | |
| Greeks | 1924, |
| Green, Anna Katherine |
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