Born in Buffalo. My GG Grandfather was a notorious rabble-rouser in the Niagara area. I had family who work on the Erie Canal (possibly have 1 buried under it) around Lockport, which also had a high percentage of Irishmen.
In school, we had to know Western New York History: from the Holland land Company (Buffalo was originally New Amsterdam), to the Revolution (where my family were loyalists and went to Canada afterwards), to the burning of Buffalo in the War of 1812, the Civil War to the present.
Buffalo is now AAA BaseballHockey came first for me. So happy when the Bison's came back for AA Baseball. We lost our NBA team, the Braves, but no one noticed!
I didn't realize that Buffalo was originally called "New Amsterdam" along with New York City.
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Buffalo is now AAA Baseball
I didn't realize that Buffalo was originally called "New Amsterdam" along with New York City.
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It was played at War Memorial Stadium, which was one of those all cement stadiums. The Bills played there in the 60's
I saw Baseball games there. Built for football, they had a triple high right field fence to make up for the short distance from home plate.
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I have seen videos of the Underground Railroad tours there. Have you ever taken one?Oh, and of course the underground railroad.
I have seen videos of the Underground Railroad tours there. Have you ever taken one?
Thanks for the link.Yeah. Can't remember a lot of it. It would have been similar to this: http://www.greaterniagara.com/driving_tours/underground_railroad_tour.html
http://www.buffaloresearch.com/ugrr.html#Recent
Very cool. Most of this I was completely unfamiliar with. Thanks very much.Pat, in researching my husband's g-grandfather who came from Ireland to fight in the Civil War, then settled in Kansas and homesteaded there (like many other ACW veterans), I came across this little volume by an Irish Catholic priest originally from Dublin. It explains how Irish immigrants should leave the evils of the cities to come out to Kansas and resume farming. He mentions the agricultural settlements being founded by Germans. Thought you might enjoy it.
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/220006
Also, a map by a professor at the University of Kansas showing settlement by various immigrant groups. Professor Carruth obtained his degrees in the 1880s and taught German at KU.
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/220778/page/1