Topic: Buffalo (New York)

Buffalo city (1990 pop. 328,123), seat of Erie co., W N.Y., on Lake Erie and the Niagara and Buffalo rivers; inc. 1832. With more than 37 mi (60 km) of waterfront, it is a major commercial and industrial port and railroad hub. Buffalo is a diversified manufacturing and financial center, with a large health-care industry. In 1803 a village was laid out on the site by Joseph Ellicott for the Holland Land Company . Almost destroyed by fire (1813) in the War of 1812, it recovered slowly until the opening (1825) of the Erie Canal , after which it became a major Great Lakes port. The city... Read more