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On This Day In Buffalo

Tuesday, April 30

Michigan Street Preservation Corporation incorporated, 1996

Joseph Dart, inventor of the grain elevator, born, 1799

Middle Haddam, East Hampton, CT 06424, USA

Massive fire destroys most of the village of Gowanda, NY, 1856

President William H. Taft gives speech, 1910

Wednesday, May 1

Niagara Mohawk AKA the Electric Tower building opens, 1912

535 Washington St, Buffalo, NY 14203

Hotel Statler opens, 1923

Niagara Square

Ellicott Square Building opens, 1896

Walden Galleria Mall opens, 1989

Cheektowaga, NY, USA

Thursday, May 2

Louie's Texas Red Hots opens 1st restaurant, 1967

Bailey & Delavan, Buffalo, NY

Red Jacket Engine Co. #6 extinguishes fire in outhouses & 9-pin alley, 1837

Black Rock

Roswell Park Memorial Inst. founded, 1898

Broadway Market destroyed by fire, 1903

The Broadway Market, 999 Broadway, Buffalo, NY 14212, USA

Friday, May 3

Buffalo & Niagara Falls Railroad incorporated, 1834

Buffalo terminus of Erie Canal filled with water, 1825

Grosvenor Library dedicated, 1872

369 Franklin St, Buffalo, NY 14202, USA

First soldiers from Buffalo (21st Infantry) leave for Civil War, 1861

Saturday, May 4

Wells grain elevator destroyed by fire, 1912

Margaret L. Wendt Foundation incorporated, 1995

"Street of Shops" exhibit opens, 1962

Buffalo History Museum (formerly the Buffalo & Erie County Historical Society), 1 Museum Court, (formerly 25 Nottingham Court), Buffalo, NY 14216, USA

Former President Jimmy Carter gives speech, 1989

University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260, USA

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