** As the Erie Canal's original Lake Erie terminus, Buffalo became America's eighth largest city. To emphasize that heyday heritage, Buffalo has excavated and revived its largely abandoned canal bed as Canalside, an urban park and recreational development where you can catch a concert or rent kayaks.
In Victorian times, the Canalside was where crews of east-bound Midwest grain freighters were paid -- and where their wages were squandered on booze and floozies.
Larry Mruk, who leads walking tours for Explore Buffalo said this is the spot that inspired the folk song "Buffalo Gals" They were the painted ladies who would come out at night and dance by the light of the moon.
What was the song George Bailey and Mary Hatch had in "It's A Wonderful Life?"
Well... Something I Definitely Did Not Know About That a Song. --Cooter
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Friday, August 25, 2017
Friday, July 4, 2014
July 4th Through the Years
This date in U.S. History, besides being our 238th birthday today.
1801: The United States Military Academy to train Army officers officially opened.
1803: The Louisiana Purchase was announced in newspapers. A great land deal. France sold a huge tract of land to the U.S. for $15 million, coming out to 3 cents an acre.
1817: Construction on the Erie Canal began in New York state. It connected the Hudson River at Albany and Lake Erie at Buffalo.
JULY 4th was a bad day for earlier American presidents. Three died on this date in 1826 and 1831.
1826: Presidents Thomas Jefferson (3rd) and John Adams (2nd)
1831: James Madison (6th)
--Cooter
1801: The United States Military Academy to train Army officers officially opened.
1803: The Louisiana Purchase was announced in newspapers. A great land deal. France sold a huge tract of land to the U.S. for $15 million, coming out to 3 cents an acre.
1817: Construction on the Erie Canal began in New York state. It connected the Hudson River at Albany and Lake Erie at Buffalo.
JULY 4th was a bad day for earlier American presidents. Three died on this date in 1826 and 1831.
1826: Presidents Thomas Jefferson (3rd) and John Adams (2nd)
1831: James Madison (6th)
--Cooter
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Sunken Ship
From 2009 WKTV 2, Utica, NY.
A sunken ship believed to be two centuries old may be raised from the bottom of Lake Erie and put on display.
Northeast Research, LLC, has the rights and plan to put it in a tank for viewing. It will cost $4 million and the company plans to give it to the city of Buffalo for $1 on a 99-year lease.
A 1797 British coin and an American one from 1834 have been recovered from it, so it dates to the early 1800s. It is one of 90 shipwrecks in Lake Erie.
Wonder If Pat Dailey Wrote a Song About It? --DaCoot
A sunken ship believed to be two centuries old may be raised from the bottom of Lake Erie and put on display.
Northeast Research, LLC, has the rights and plan to put it in a tank for viewing. It will cost $4 million and the company plans to give it to the city of Buffalo for $1 on a 99-year lease.
A 1797 British coin and an American one from 1834 have been recovered from it, so it dates to the early 1800s. It is one of 90 shipwrecks in Lake Erie.
Wonder If Pat Dailey Wrote a Song About It? --DaCoot
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