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Last Fine Time Tour

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Classic Taverns-Awards

Classic Taverns-Buffalo

Dill's Tavern

Top Hill Grill

Talty's

Daren's Tavern

Scharf's Schiller Park

Pristach's

G&T Inn

Gene McCarthy's

Ulrich's Tavern

Artys Grill

Dick's Eastside Inn

East End Tavern

Sportsman Tavern

The Malamute

Taverns of Polonia 1910

Dalys

Eddie Brady's Bar

Ten-O-Won Grill

Classic Taverns-Travels

The Concertina Bar

Mels Bar

Club 505

Steve's Lounge

Classic Taverns-Last Call

Felong's Tavern

Billy O's Golden Swan

Big Joe Dudzick's Tavern

The Broadway Grill

Bramer's Grill

Concord Restaurant

Messner's Aero Bar

Ray Flynn's

Kutas Warsaw Inn

McBride's Pub

Strusienski's Restaurant

Private & Ethnic Clubs

Adam Mickiewicz Library

American Serbian Club

Corpus Christi AC

Croatian "Cro" Club

Dnipro Ukrainian Center

Dom Polski - N Tonawanda

Eldredge Bicycle Club

Polish Cadets

St. Stan's Athletic Club

Third Warders Club

Ukrainian-American Center

FBTV Video

Historic Polonia District

Central Terminal

Polish Home Museum Project

Broadway Market

St. Stanislaus Church

Corpus Christi Church

St. Adalbert's Basilica

Superman Corner

Polonia Views

Eckhardt Department Store

Polish Union of America

PPS Broadway Mkt Report

Polskie Kolo Spiewackie

Lucki Urban

Buffalo's Polonia History

A Polka Moment In Time

Vintage Polka Posters

Pulaski Parade 1962

Pulaski Parade 2006

Pulaski Parade 2008

Broadway Fillmore

Polonia Stories

1910 Maps of Polonia Buffalo

Buffalo Polonia - 1910

Preserve a Polish Home

Kaminski Meats

Polonia Scrapbook

Polonia On Parade

1965 Polka Convention

Polish Paintings

Power To Polonia

Beer Murals Nielsen

Forgotten Bflo Features

Kids & Wigilia Traditions

The Simon Pure Brewery

Lost Bflo Train Stations

New York Central at War

Pennsylvania RR at War

Talkin' Proud!

Buffalo Union Station

Bayliss-Oshei Residence

Niagara Falls Steak Sub

Buffalo Heights

The Statler Hilton

Metro Rail 1973

Bflo Before & After

Retro Chip Collection

Melody Fair - N Tonawanda

Buffalo Courier Express

History in Your Pocket

Corner Store Experience

The Fair

Most Endangered Sites

Re-Light the Rand

Pierogi @ St. Nick's

Whammy Weenie

Skateland - East Ferry

Jimmy Griffin 1929-2008

Jack Kemp 1936-2009

Sattler Theater

Masonic Lodge #846

Broadway Grill Reunion

Vintage Xmas Cards

Bocce Club- Clinton St.

Smiling Ted's

Buffalo Snow

Edsbyn, Sweden

Buffalo Drive-In

Buffalo 1969

Ray Bennett Lumber Co.

Ray H. Bennett Home

Ultra Cool: 70s Buffalo

Buffalo Bowling Shirts

Great Northern Elevator

Pullman / Wagner Complex

Pierogi Capital of US

North Park Theater

Zywiec Brewery

Buffalo Beer Trays

1964 Campaign For Pres

Heritage Discover Ctr

Tale of Two Roundhouses

Brand Names Catalog

Trolley Lobby BCT

Mentholatum, Hyde, Smythe

Chez Ami 311 Delaware Ave

Schreiber Brewery

Forgotten Buffalo Sounds

Sounds of Buffalo Beer

Sounds of Buffalo

Sounds of the Hound

Utica Club Beer Song

Forgotten Buffalo-Lost

Gramza's Cigar Store

Burczynski Bakery

St. Gerard's Parish

The Polish Village

Rudas Record Store

Tondrowski's Shoe Store

The DL&W Terminal

Buffalo Gas Works

S.S. Aquarama/Marine Star

Aquarama - Final Chapter

Sattlers 998

Rivoli Theater - Broadway

H-O Elevator

Riverside Men's Shop

Mastman's Kosher Deli

Crystal Beach

Department Stores

CLASSIC PHOTOS

Bevador/Beerador Coolers

Parkside Candies

Buffalo's Last Roundhouse

Wildroot Factory

Buffalo Stockyards

Chicago Iron Works

Spolka Clothing

Forgotten Ontario

Tim Hortons #1

TH&B Train Station

Ivor Wynne Stadium

Canadian National Station

Minojijikum Island 1076

Forgotten Rochester

Retro Wegmans

Polonia Rochester

Spittoon Water Troughs

Forgotten Buffalo & Genny

Genesee Brewery Tour

Forgotten Bflo Roadtrips

Perreca's Bakery

F.X. Matts - Utica Club

Forgotten Buffalo-Media

Ch. 2: WGR & WGRZ-TV

Rocketship7

Commander Tom Show

Dialing for Dollars

Ed Tucholka

Polonia Media

Greg Chwojdak, WXRL

Tour of Bflo Broadcasting

WKBW Radio

WKBW Top 40 Celebration

KB Goes Kaboom! WKBW

1430 Main St - WKBW RADIO

A Thing of the Past 2006

WKBW's Tommy Shannon

George Hound Dog Lorenz

1420 Main St - WKBW TV

Forgotten Bflo Orchestra

R & L Lounge, 23 Mills St

Union Stock Yards Bank

The Think Bank

The Natural Tour

Preservation Corridors

Broadway

Fillmore Avenue

Lombard Gibson Mktplace

Project Paderewski

Forgotten Buffalo News

Despensata Corporation

Marketplace Kitchen

Buffalo Broadcasting

THE BUFFALO STOCK YARDS


(From an early 19th century advertisement)

 

The Buffalo Stock Yards, East Buffalo, New York

Sharp Points About Buffalo

 

There are over 200 neat packing and processing plants located in the states adjacent to Buffalo. Thirty million people live in these states. The constant demand of these numerous packers insures the highest prices being paid for all classes of live stock.

 

The Buffalo market is not dominated by any group of packers. No market in the country enjoys such competitive bidding for your live stock. Buffalo is America’s second railroad center – rapid and adequate transportation attracts buyers to this market. Fast transportation and the close proximity of Buffalo to the live stock producing territory makes it possible for live stock to reach this market with a minimum shrink.

 

The stock yard facilities furnish the best possible accommodations – pure, filtered water and high grade feeds put live stock in excellent condition for sale. Compare Buffalo prices with other markets. You will find that this market gives you the greatest average net returns for your live stock.

 

The Market Nearest the Demand




Month

Date

Year

Event

12

25

1863

New York Central Stockyards, covering 100 acres, are opened to the public along William Street in Buffalo by Dean Richmond, with a shipment of hogs; the first shipment of cattle would be unloaded Jan 7 1864

1

7

1864

First shipment of cattle are unloaded at the New York Central Stockyards along William Street in Buffalo; the 100 acre stockyards opened Dec 25 1863 with the delivery of a shipment of hogs

7

 

1865

Fire destroys the New York Central Stockyards along William Street in Buffalo; opened in Dec 1863, they would quickly be rebuilt

 

 

1874

Leonard L. Crocker, early superintendent of the New York Central stockyards in Buffalo, namesake of Crocker Avenue in Sloan

 

 

1881

Crandall House at 949 William Street in Buffalo is opened by Asa B. Crandall, primarily to serve those in the Buffalo stockyard area; it was the first hotel in Buffalo with telephone and telegraph service

 

 

1884

Sisters of Charity begin operating a first aid station for workers in the Buffalo stockyards along William Street; the first aid service would become Emergency Hospital at 108 Pine Street in Feb 1902

10

1

1890

Citizens Bank of Buffalo begins operating at William and Sherman Streets, set up to serve the then-booming stockyards of East Buffalo

3

8

1898

Diocese of Buffalo purchases a plot of land at Lewis and Lyman Streets near the Buffalo stockyards, for construction of Precious Blood parish

2

 

1902

Emergency Hospital (later Sheehan Memorial) opens at 108 Pine Street at Eagle Street, moving from South Division and Michigan; it was founded in 1884 by the Sisters of Charity as a First Aid station near the Buffalo stockyards in the William Street area

11

10

1904

Union Stockyards Bank opens for business inside the Livestock Exchange Building at William and Depot Streets in Buffalo

5

20

1941

Truckload of eight bulls overturns in Niagara Square, en route from Canada to the Buffalo stockyards to be fattened up for a rodeo-thrill circus scheduled for Jun 17 1941

4

7

1956

New York Central Railroad abandons plans to build a stockyard and feeding station in Cheektowaga, after opposition from town residents

4

11

1958

US Post Office Department arranges to purchase New York Central Railroad property in the old stockyards area on William Street near Central Terminal for construction of a new five million dollar main office

5

6

1958

New York Central Railroad announces plans to close its East Buffalo stockyards on William Street in June 1958

7

3

1959

US Post Office Department in Washington DC chooses a site at 1200 William Street in the old Buffalo stockyards area for a new main Buffalo post office; final plans would be approved Oct 19 1960, with opening in 1963 and dedication Oct 10 1964

10

19

1960

US Post Office Department approves plans for a new 16 million dollar main Buffalo post office, to be built at 1200 William Street in the old stockyards area; the new facility would open in 1963 and be dedicated Oct 10 1964

9

8

1961

Bidding process is opened for construction of the new main Buffalo post office at 1200 William Street in the old stockyards area; the building would open in 1963, and be dedicated Oct 10 1964

3

1

1962

Niagara Frontier Stockyards Company relocates from 1168 William Street to 1285 William Street, to make room for construction of the new Buffalo post office

11

1

1963

Mayor Chester Kowal signs legislation for a 2.7 million Thruway Industrial Park urban renewal project, in the old decaying Buffalo stockyards along William Street between Fillmore and Bailey Avenues

10

10

1964

Buffalo Post Office at 1200 William Street, in the old stockyards area, is formally dedicated by US Postmaster General John Gronouski; built for 16 million dollars, it is hailed as one of the most modern mail facilities in the country


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