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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21S3_the-japanese-garden-on-mirror-lake_Buffalo-NY.html
Was originally conceived in 1970 with construction being completed in 1972. The purpose was to create a place of beauty and tranquility as well as commemorate the sister city relationship between Buffalo and Kanazawa, Japan.
In 1996 the garden wa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QUS_pan-american-exposition_Buffalo-NY.html
1901 Pan-American Exposition 2001 The Pan-American Exposition occupied this site from May to November 1901. An international fair, it highlighted the technological pre-eminence of the United States, and trade and cooperation among the Americas. Ov…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IUW_highlights-of-buffalo-history_Buffalo-NY.html
1655: Seneca Indians win control of Niagara Region from Erie tribes. 1678-79: French explorer Rene-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle, claims the region for France. He builds a sailing ship, Griffon, on the bank of the Niagara River and explores t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IUV_to-commemorate-the-gallantry-of_Buffalo-NY.html
To commemorate the gallantry of ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ the officers and enlisted men of the thirteenth regiment U.S. Infantry in the campaign against Santiago de Cuba. First at San Juan Hill, July 1st 1898 as they were at Vicksbu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IUT_buffalos-olmsted-parks_Buffalo-NY.html
Parks, Circles, and Parkways: These 'Greenspaces' were inspired by the 'City Beautiful' movement of the late 1800s, an attempt to correct the blighted condition of many industrial cities and make them more liveable through better design. Circles: …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IUI_the-sample-shop_Buffalo-NY.html
The Sample Shop —— · · · —— Anne W. Bunis founded the Sample Shop in the front room of her home at this site in 1929. Two generations of the Bunis family operated the business from its flagship store,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12OV_the-pan-american-exposition_Buffalo-NY.html
Extending one mile north from Delaware Park Lake, between Elmwood and Delaware Avenues, the Pan-American Exposition was a spectacular sight to over eight million visitors from May 1 to November 2, 1901. Ornate buildings, embellished with decorated…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTGN_president-mckinley_Buffalo-NY.html
In the Pan-American Temple of Music which covered this spot President McKinley was fatally shot Sept. 6, 1901.