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The George
Coit homestead, southeast corner Swan and Pearl Streets,
was built in 1818.It was moved to Virginia near Elmwood
Av.in the 1870's. The last private owner was J. Henry
Priebe, Sr. who saved it from destructioon in the latter
part of the 20th Century. Photo: From the Picturebook
of Earlier Buffalo.
IMAGE
GALLERY
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Essay: The H.H. Richardson Complex, -Its current state
of disrepair. This
building is also known as the HH Richardson Complex, State
Lunatic Asylum, Buffalo State Hospital, State Insane Asylum.
The Buffalo
Psychiatric Center is located at 400 Forest Avenue,
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the Trailer:
"A
Round for the House"
A look at the cultural and social impact of alcohol consumption
(drinking) on American history...
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William
J. Donovan (a.k.a. "Wild Bill") Takes on Buffalo
By
Stephen Powell
Probably
one of the more notable events in Buffalo History were when
then District Attorney William J. Donovan executed a couple
of raids in Buffalo on prominent Buffalonians during Prohibition.
What
did he do to make people hate him so much? He touched the
untouchables and conducted raids on two exclusive speakeasies
and in a separate case charged the Mayor of Buffalo with trafficking
liquor (bootlegging).
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1872
-GOOD TEMPLARS' COLUMN.
Jas.
B. Erwin, Editor
The Influence of Public Opinion
To bring this to bear against intemperance
has been regarded by not a few as the chief method of subduing
the evil. Too much, I think, is hoped from it.
One obvious remark is, that the classes
most exposed to intemperance are removed very much from the
power of public opinion. But passing over this, I think
we generally look to this influence for more than it can accomplish;
we lay upon it a greater weight than it can bear.
Public opinion may even work against the
cause which it is meant to support, when made a substitute
for individual exertion.
A man, temperate because public opinion
exacts it, has not the virtue of temperance nor a stable ground
of temperance habits. Opinion no longer affords steady
guidance which in former times supplied the place of private
judgment and individual principle. There is no truth
which sophistry does not assail, no falsehood which may not
become a party bond. ...more>>
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VIDEO:
The Mystery of Sadie McMullen
In
1890, Sadie McMullin during a fit of insanity threw Delia
Brown Age 6 and Nellie May Conners age 8 off of the Railroad
bridge over Murder Creek in Akron, N.Y.
After trial, Sadie was committed to the Buffalo State
Insane Asylum in Buffalo, New York for a period of
two-years.
After she was released, she vanished with out a trace and
was never seen or heard from again...
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This
building is also known as the HH Richardson Complex, State
Insane Asylum, State Lunatic Asylum, Buffalo State Hospital,
Buffalo
Psychiatric Center is located at 400 Forest Avenue, Buffalo,
NY
The
1967 Riots
in Buffalo, N.Y.
Prelininary
Report on the Disturbances in Buffalo June 26 -July 1. 1967.By
the Staff of the Store Front Education Centers.
(10.02.04)
In 1967, riots
that rocked the East side of Buffalo from June 26th through
July 1st of that year, virtually shutting down the city. In
one night (June 28th) of Violence over 40 people were hurt,
14 with gunshot wounds. For an analysis of the riots click
on the images on the right and you can read the report of
the causes of the racially motivated uprising.
RED
JACKET'S SPEECH
1822
The Chiefs of the Seneca Nation of Indians lately held a Council
in this village, (Batavia) and requested several of the citizens
of this place to attend; when their celebrated chief and orator,
Red Jacket delivered the following eloquent address. The publications
which lately appeared in the Niagara Journal, and several
other papers, signed by five Indians of the Christian party,
Jasper Parish and H. Jones, it appears called forth from Red
Jacket the following justification of himself and nation.
He addressed himself particularly to......more>>
Buffalo's
Cemeteries
The beginning of the present century [1800's], as we have
before stated in this work, Capt. William Johnston, a British
officer, owned a tract of about forty acres of land in the
center of what is now the business portion of Buffalo; this
tract was bounded on the north by Seneca street; on the west
by Washington street; on the south by Little Buffalo Creek
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THE
KKK IN BUFFALO, NY
The
Following is a very rare 1924 list of an alleged list of the
full Ku Klux Klan Membership roster for
Buffalo, NY and surrounding towns. This list was posted in Buffalo's
City Hall by Mayor F.X. Schwab and generated quite a stir.
See it for yourself: ...more>>
(05.12.2003): Page Added -This is the KKK
Membership for confectioners -chemical workers in WNY.
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 Take
a Journey from Buffalo to Ireland…without the jetlag
Read
about Epidemics and Diseases like cholera, influenza and Anthrax
that onced raged in in Buffalo ...more>>
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