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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1L9C_buffalo-cavalry-association_Buffalo-NY.html
Dedicated to the following organizations of the Horse Cavalry, and cavalrymen from western New York. 1st. New York Cavalry 1912-1917 102nd Trench Mortor Battery 1917 - 1919 101st. Cavalry NYRG 1919-1928 121st Cavalry NYNG 1928-1940
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1L9A_dedicated-to-the-men-of-the-102nd-separate-battalion-coast-artillery-anti-aircraft_Buffalo-NY.html
This unit was formed from 2nd Squadron 121st Cavalry NYRG serving Feb. 1928 to October 1940 at Buffalo, N.Y. The unit was converted and redesignated 102nd Separate Battalion Coast Artillery (AA) Oct. 1940 Unit inducted into Federal Service Jan. 6,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1L8N_god-honor-and-country_Buffalo-NY.html
This plaque is dedicated to the memory of those brave men and women of the Polish armed forces who fought against the tyranny during the entire World War II, and to those thousands of them who sacrificed their lives defending peace, freedom, and d…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1L8M_in-recognition-of-long-and-faithful-service_Buffalo-NY.html
The 74th Regiment was formed in 1854 from the Buffalo City Guard in 1837. The 74th Infantry Regiment was redesignated the 174th Regiment in 1921 and deactivated in 1955 to them become the 174th Armored Infantry Battalion until 1992. In grateful me…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1L8C_william-wells-brown_Buffalo-NY.html
William Wells Brown, an escaped slave from Kentucy, earned his living as a cook on lake freighters in the early days of the Erie Canal. In 1836, he moved his family to Buffalo, and soon became involved with the city's African-American community. A…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1L8B_a-changing-waterfront_Buffalo-NY.html
You are looking across a restoration of the Commercial Slip, originally the western terminus of the Erie Canal. In its heyday, this area was one of the world's great transportation centers, teeming with canal, lake, and rail traffic, a busy port t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1L6N_wedding-of-the-waters_Buffalo-NY.html
It was at this spot on the morning of October 26, 1825, that Governor DeWitt Clinton officially opened the waterway that transformed America. More than eight years had passed since he broke ground on the canal, and after 363 miles, the engineering…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1L6I_harboring-hopes_Buffalo-NY.html
There was fierce competition between Buffalo and Black Rock for the Canal's western terminus. Albany, the link to New York City, emerged as the perfect choice for the eastern end of the Canal. The western end was a far less obvious proposition. Th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1L63_the-erie-canal-two-waterfronts_Buffalo-NY.html
The Erie Canal This site marks the west end of the canal opened in 1825. It carried products and people between Lake Erie and the Hudson River. Two Waterfronts The convergence of lake and canal made possible the transfer of goods and thus Buffalo'…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1L5S_rebirth-renewal_Buffalo-NY.html
In 1926, the Hamburg drain, a major sewer line draining South Buffalo was built; as a result, the Commercial Slip, the Erie Canal's original western terminus, was filled in. Today the Commercial Slip has been restored: the redesign incorporates pi…