. Detroit, "The city of the strait"; historical, descriptive, illustrated . General Passenger Department Michigan (Tentoal The Niagara Falls Route CHICAGO, 1901 n 1 RAND, MCNALLY & COMPANYPRINTERS AND ENGRAVERSCHICAQO. Lafayette Square. BUFFALO A GLANCE AND A RETROSPECT, In comparison with the simple conditions of the olden timethe modern American city is not only many-sided but kaleido-scopic in its aspects, being as complex in its character asthe civilization it represents. Standing on the grass-grownramparts of old Fort Erie the city of Buffalo, with its tower-ing modern buildings, its tall
. Detroit, "The city of the strait"; historical, descriptive, illustrated . General Passenger Department Michigan (Tentoal The Niagara Falls Route CHICAGO, 1901 n 1 RAND, MCNALLY & COMPANYPRINTERS AND ENGRAVERSCHICAQO. Lafayette Square. BUFFALO A GLANCE AND A RETROSPECT, In comparison with the simple conditions of the olden timethe modern American city is not only many-sided but kaleido-scopic in its aspects, being as complex in its character asthe civilization it represents. Standing on the grass-grownramparts of old Fort Erie the city of Buffalo, with its tower-ing modern buildings, its tall church spires, huge masses ofelevators, factory chimneys, and a forest of masts along its lakefront, is a busy hive of industry, modern, and up to date. Onthe land side of the city are hundreds of acres of railroadtracks bearing the burden of a nations commerce, and alongits clean, broad, shaded avenues and lovely parks are homesof comfort and of luxury. Buffalo is modern, for as late as 1789, when the ill-fatedIrish patriot. Lord Edward Fitzgerald, passed along theNiagara frontier, with Brant, on his way to the Mississippi,there does not appear to have been a white settler there,although some of the white cap
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