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ID: 7013463
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Record Type: administrative |
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Buffalo (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 42 53 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 42.8833 decimal degrees |
| Long: 078 52 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -78.8667 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located on Lake Erie where it narrows into Niagara River; here explorer La Salle built ship in 1679; was French trading post in 1758, but abandoned; then settled by Seneca Indians, taken by Holland Land Company 19th cen.; expanded greatly after Civil War. |
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| Buffalo (preferred,C,V)
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............ | early name, probably was mispronunciation of French "beau fleuve" ("beautiful river"); no buffalo (bison) inhabited the area |
| New Amsterdam (H,V)
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Erie (county) (P) |
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Buffalo (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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first Europeans on the site were French trappers & Jesuit missionaries in 17th cen., town was laid out in 1803 |
| city (C) |
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| county seat (C) |
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since 1821 |
| port (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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for iron & steel mills, railroad car production, flour mills & meat-packing plants |
| shipbuilding center (C) |
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| transportation center (C) |
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natural junction of E-W routes from Hudson-Mohawk valleys to Great Lakes basin; today is hub for water, rail & road traffic |
| university center (C) |
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