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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1F5E_robert-frankie-franklin_Buffalo-NY.html
Near this location stood a log cabin, home of Robert Franklin, an African American who helped successfully repel a British invasion during the War of 1812 at the First Battle of Black Rock, July 11, 1813. Franklin was killed five months later when…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1F48_peter-b-porter_Buffalo-NY.html
General, Congressman and later Sec. of War, lived here until his home was destroyed by the British at the burning of Buffalo 1813.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1F2R_millard-fillmore-house_East-Aurora-NY.html
In 1825, Millard Fillmore, 13th President of the United States, helped build this house to which he brought his bride, Abigail Powers, in 1826, residing here until 1830. Moved from original Main Street site 1930. Tablet placed by Abigail Fillmore …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EZW_the-middle-road_East-Aurora-NY.html
in 1803 Joseph Ellicott with Jabez Warren, East Aurora's pioneer settler, surveyed and laid out Middle Road, also known as Big Tree Road, for the Holland Land Company. It extended a distance of 43 miles from the Genesee River to Lake Erie includin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EZT_jubilee-springs_Buffalo-NY.html
The Jubilee Springs began supplying water to the village of Black Rock in 1827. Wooden water mains fed pumps at various locations throughout the village. Today the spring supplies water to a small pond in Forest Lawn Cemetery. Black Rock Heritage …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EY7_elbert-hubbard-michelangelo_East-Aurora-NY.html
Elbert Hubbard The "Sage of East Aurora" and benefactor of the arts and crafts based on ideals of John Ruskin and William Morris. Statue by eminent Irish sculptor and early Roycrofter Jerome Connor (1876-1943). Dedicated in 1930, the statue was er…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EW6_buffalo-and-niagara-falls-railroad_Buffalo-NY.html
Present day Niagara Street was the original route of the first steam railroad in Western New York. Service from Black Rock to Niagara Falls began on August 26, 1836. The New York Central Railroad acquired the line in 1869. Black Rock Heritage Trai…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EVI_american-doughboy-over-the-top-to-victory_Buffalo-NY.html
Erected by the Veterans Ass'n 74th Inf. N.G.N.Y. In honor of the members of the 74th Inf. U.S.A. who served in the World War 1917-1918 and in grateful memory of those who made the supreme sacrifice
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EQE_28th-u-s-infantry_Buffalo-NY.html
Dedicated to the 28th U. S. Infantry The last troops to garrison Fort Porter which was abandoned - June 28, 1926. Major operations of 28th Inf. in World WarLorraine, Picardy, Montdidier-Noyon, Aisen-Marne, St. Mihiel, Meuse-ArgonneStrength 3834 - …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ENF_buffalo-creek-indian-reservation-north-boundary_Cheektowaga-NY.html
The defeated Indian League of the Iroquois received a large reservation across Erie County, at the end of the American Revolution. William Street forms part of the north boundary of this Buffalo Creek Indian Reservation. The final sale treaty, sig…