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Description:This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1909 ...below the high natural bluff of the Terrace was of little account. Then came the Erie Canal--or as they called it then, the Great Western Canal. Long before construction reached Buffalo, the vast project had precipitated a strife between Buffalo and Black Rock, for the canal terminus. Thanks to the energy of Judge Samuel Wilkeson and his supporters, Buffalo was made the terminus, the harbor was dug out, and the big ditch of the canal was cut straight through the waste lands under the Terrace. Sundry squatters were ousted, a few old warehouses were torn down, and numerous new streets, for the most part narrow and near together, appeared. Erie Street, laid out by the Holland Land Company as Vollenhoven Avenue, ran from Main Street at "the Churches" to Buffalo Creek near its mouth. Prior to the canal construction, the only other thoroughfare in those low grounds was the old beach road, which, turning off from what is now lower Main Street, followed the right or westerly bank of Little Buffalo Creek to the Big Buffalo, thence proceeded irregularly to the old ferry at Black Rock. This was a very old route--an Indian path in the pre-historic days and a much-used road prior to and during the War of 1812. Before the mouth of Big Buffalo Creek--then called "Big" to distinguish it from the "Little," which was an important stream in the early village economy--was dredged and the bar removed, sail craft were wont to come to, off the mouth of the creek, and disembark by row-boats. British troops, prior to 1796, and American troops in later years, were accustomed to row up Buffalo Creek to the Little Buffalo, thence up that to a landing-place on the right (or west) bank, from which point they could march or ride in wagons up the hill to the ...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Publications of the Buffalo Historical Society Volume 13. To get started finding Publications of the Buffalo Historical Society Volume 13, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1909 ...below the high natural bluff of the Terrace was of little account. Then came the Erie Canal--or as they called it then, the Great Western Canal. Long before construction reached Buffalo, the vast project had precipitated a strife between Buffalo and Black Rock, for the canal terminus. Thanks to the energy of Judge Samuel Wilkeson and his supporters, Buffalo was made the terminus, the harbor was dug out, and the big ditch of the canal was cut straight through the waste lands under the Terrace. Sundry squatters were ousted, a few old warehouses were torn down, and numerous new streets, for the most part narrow and near together, appeared. Erie Street, laid out by the Holland Land Company as Vollenhoven Avenue, ran from Main Street at "the Churches" to Buffalo Creek near its mouth. Prior to the canal construction, the only other thoroughfare in those low grounds was the old beach road, which, turning off from what is now lower Main Street, followed the right or westerly bank of Little Buffalo Creek to the Big Buffalo, thence proceeded irregularly to the old ferry at Black Rock. This was a very old route--an Indian path in the pre-historic days and a much-used road prior to and during the War of 1812. Before the mouth of Big Buffalo Creek--then called "Big" to distinguish it from the "Little," which was an important stream in the early village economy--was dredged and the bar removed, sail craft were wont to come to, off the mouth of the creek, and disembark by row-boats. British troops, prior to 1796, and American troops in later years, were accustomed to row up Buffalo Creek to the Little Buffalo, thence up that to a landing-place on the right (or west) bank, from which point they could march or ride in wagons up the hill to the ...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Publications of the Buffalo Historical Society Volume 13. To get started finding Publications of the Buffalo Historical Society Volume 13, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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