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Rochester Becomes First Class City in 1908 Rise
Rochester officially attains first class city status on January 1 1908 joining New York and Buffalo. Hiram H Edgerton becomes mayor as the Chamber of Commerce and business leaders rally to a goal of making Rochester bigger better and busier through growth in manufacturing and civic improvements.
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