Big Booming Buffalo Attracts Visitors With Facts and Figures
A promotional look at Buffalo highlighting August as ideal for Expo visitors. It lists population figures around 280,000, growth over a decade, educational and civic amenities, vast industrial receipts in 1891, extensive lumber and grain totals, transportation lines, parks, and notable landmarks. It notes the Lake Erie breezes, a booming electric trolley system, and major city features like theatres, arsenals, armories, and rail networks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
Forest Lawn Cemetery
Tron
F Way
Lake Erie
Great Races At Buffalo Exposition Offer 21000 in Premiums
The Buffalo Exposition and Fair of 1852 includes trotting and pacing races with 21000 in premiums. Finest horseflesh from across the country will compete while a lively crowd roars at the feats. Miss Peek travels in a private palace car with Academy Stable of Baltimore and manager Barney Demorest. they cover vast distances weekly, from Ogdensburg to Montreal, Oswego, Indianapolis, and back toward Syracuse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ogdensburg
Montreal
Oswego
Indianapolis
Syracuse
Buffalo Exposition and Fair Promises Wide Interest
A long 19th century snapshot lists Buffalo sites from Baseball grounds to St. Josephs Cathedral and the Park. It notes major streets and public buildings on Lafayette square, upcoming exposition attractions, and races at the fair with purses and dates in August. It also recounts a dramatic Myrtie Peck incident at a Montreal meet and discusses benefits of the fair for local economy and visitor life.
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Buffalo State Hospital
Forest Avenue
Park Lake- Buffalo Library
Broadway
Clinton Streets
City
Franklin
Church Streets
Delavan Avenue
Forest Bawn
Custom House
East Seneca
Washington Streets
Buffalo
Delaware Avenue
Delaware Place
County
Elmwood Avenue
Park Lake
Phoenix
Pearl
Court Streets
Saturn
Edward Street
Travelers
Swan Street
Richmond Avenue
Circle
Miagara Square
Porter Avenue
Worth Street
Linwood Avenue
North Street
Forest Lawn
Erie County Almshouse
Main
Erie County Penitentiary
Fifth
Penneylvania
Erie County
Church Street
Bair
Ferry Street
Jefferson
Fine Arts Academy
Clinton Street
Delaware Ave
Grosvenor Library
Washington Street
Germania Park
Black Rock
History Society
H Semple
Thearive Stock Exchange
William Street
East Buffalo
Lafarete
Masonic Yempie
Niagara
Eagle Street
Municipal Building
Square
Clinton
Gig Street
Music Hall
Edward Streets
Grand Island
Fialcou+ wood Club
Oakfield Club
Howe
Bedell House
Sheenwater
Sour Spring Grove
Miagara Falls
Samimecy
Crystal Beach
Canadian Shore
Old Fort Erie Grove
Beonett Place
Masten Place
Lest Street
Pasade
Genesee Street
She Park
Gala Water
Park Meadow
Delaware
Bryente
Evie County Savings Bank
Lafayette “Square
Younh Men’s Association
Myrtie Peck
Frank G Smith
Buffalo “ Courier
Equestrienne
Montreal
Myrtie
Court of Criminal Correction of
St. Louis
Gustave A. Temple
Missouri Electric Light and Power Company
Court of Correction
History of fairs around the world and the rise of county fairs
The article surveys global and regional fairs from Mecca to Madrid, Pesth to Meade, detailing fair scale, timing, and goods like silk. It notes Mecca during pilgrimage, Mehandwar in India drawing up to 300,000 visitors, and annual New York State county fairs expanding with population.
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Italy
St. Mary Magdelene
Sinigalia
Europe
North Africa
Levant
Spain
Portugal
Madrid
San Isidro del Campo
San Isidro
Pesth
Mecca
India
Mardwar
Ganges
New York State
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Lakes
St. Paul’s
Erie
Seventy-fourth Regiment
Virginia Street
Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument
Lafayette Square
Society of Natural Sciences
State Arsenal
Sixty-fifth Regiment
Poster Streets
Academy of Music
Main Street
Seneca
Corinne Lyceum
Court Street
Musee
Star
West Senesee Street
Shea’s Music Hall
Job Heeteen
Swebeesteen
Ferry
Michigan
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