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Published: 2015-07-09

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 9781331037064

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Excerpt from A History of the City of Buffalo: Its Men and Institutions; Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens A history of the Buffalo must, of necessity, be more or less a history of the entire Niagara Frontier. Upon each has the other depended for more than a hundred years. However earnest the historian may be in his desire to write that which concerns only the municipality of today, irresistible temptations will lead him away, beyond the city, along the smiling banks of the Niagara, where so much that concerns the past of Buffalo was enacted. It seems, indeed, that our progenitors saw everything except the spot that must, inevitably, be the site of a great city, and chose for the settings of their pioneer days locations that have since become obscure and completely overshadowed by the great community that builded near. In this book has been chronicled only the more important of those early-day happenings - only those that had some direct bearing on the settlement and growth of Buffalo. Many histories of Buffalo have been written, yet our history is in fragmentary state. The claim is not made that this work is a complete and comprehensive history of the city; for, though Buffalo is far from being an old city, the events that have aided or retarded its progress, the people who have been factors in its social, political, and business life, and the institutions that are, or have been, a part of its general structure, are too many to describe, even briefly, between two covers, and could not possibly be included within the limits of this present work. However, the author does claim some merit of arrangement. He has essayed to set up a series of legible guideposts, marking the most important periods of the city's life, and to describe, briefly, the most conspicuous people and events contemporary thereto. The volume sets forth a chronological succession of facts in which one may trace Buffalo's development and growth from a mere collection of Indian tepees down to the present day, when we glory in being one of the truly great cities of the globe. The compilation of the work has afforded no small degree of pleasurable surprise. Data that are truly astonishing have been gathered - facts that show Buffalo's supremacy in many lines and prove conclusively that the city is, in other respects, the equal of any in America or elsewhere, for business, industry, and social intercourse. Above all else an earnest effort has been made to make this work historically accurate. Unfortunately, in our early days there were many dates, names, and instances that are today - and ever will be - in dispute. In such cases the author has consulted records, and written matter that is accorded the merit of being closely and intelligently written, and has carefully weighed the evidence, choosing the course that seemed best and most worthy to follow. The biographical sketches which comprise a large part of the work have been carefully prepared by a corps of competent writers, and, so far as possible, they have been personally authenticated by the subjects. The series includes the city's most prominent men, and sets forth, concisely, the achievements of these agents of progress who have made Buffalo what it is and who are ben upon making a greater city with greater institutions. The value of the work must be apparent to all, and as time goes on its worth will increase until it becomes a veritable treasure-house for the historians and genealogists of future years. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

Download or read book A History of the City of Buffalo written by and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-09 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A History of the City of Buffalo: Its Men and Institutions; Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens A history of the Buffalo must, of necessity, be more or less a history of the entire Niagara Frontier. Upon each has the other depended for more than a hundred years. However earnest the historian may be in his desire to write that which concerns only the municipality of today, irresistible temptations will lead him away, beyond the city, along the smiling banks of the Niagara, where so much that concerns the past of Buffalo was enacted. It seems, indeed, that our progenitors saw everything except the spot that must, inevitably, be the site of a great city, and chose for the settings of their pioneer days locations that have since become obscure and completely overshadowed by the great community that builded near. In this book has been chronicled only the more important of those early-day happenings - only those that had some direct bearing on the settlement and growth of Buffalo. Many histories of Buffalo have been written, yet our history is in fragmentary state. The claim is not made that this work is a complete and comprehensive history of the city; for, though Buffalo is far from being an old city, the events that have aided or retarded its progress, the people who have been factors in its social, political, and business life, and the institutions that are, or have been, a part of its general structure, are too many to describe, even briefly, between two covers, and could not possibly be included within the limits of this present work. However, the author does claim some merit of arrangement. He has essayed to set up a series of legible guideposts, marking the most important periods of the city's life, and to describe, briefly, the most conspicuous people and events contemporary thereto. The volume sets forth a chronological succession of facts in which one may trace Buffalo's development and growth from a mere collection of Indian tepees down to the present day, when we glory in being one of the truly great cities of the globe. The compilation of the work has afforded no small degree of pleasurable surprise. Data that are truly astonishing have been gathered - facts that show Buffalo's supremacy in many lines and prove conclusively that the city is, in other respects, the equal of any in America or elsewhere, for business, industry, and social intercourse. Above all else an earnest effort has been made to make this work historically accurate. Unfortunately, in our early days there were many dates, names, and instances that are today - and ever will be - in dispute. In such cases the author has consulted records, and written matter that is accorded the merit of being closely and intelligently written, and has carefully weighed the evidence, choosing the course that seemed best and most worthy to follow. The biographical sketches which comprise a large part of the work have been carefully prepared by a corps of competent writers, and, so far as possible, they have been personally authenticated by the subjects. The series includes the city's most prominent men, and sets forth, concisely, the achievements of these agents of progress who have made Buffalo what it is and who are ben upon making a greater city with greater institutions. The value of the work must be apparent to all, and as time goes on its worth will increase until it becomes a veritable treasure-house for the historians and genealogists of future years. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com