On This Day May 29 1929
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Born Buffalo (@born_buffalo) #OnThisDay In 1929, All-High Stadium, also know as Robert E. Rich Stadium, was dedicated. The stadium was modeled and…
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Born Buffalo (@born_buffalo) #OnThisDay In 1929, All-High Stadium, also know as Robert E. Rich Stadium, was dedicated. The stadium was modeled and…
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Born Buffalo (@born_buffalo) #OnThisDay In 1818, The Walk-In-The-Water is launched. The ship was a paddle steamboat built in Black Rock and was…
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Born Buffalo (@born_buffalo) #OnThisDay Demolition of Millard Fillmore’s Home Castle Inn begins. The enormous, opulent estate was situated on Niagara Square. The…
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Born Buffalo (@born_buffalo) #OnThisDay In 1873, Photographer Wilbur H. Porterfield is born. Although not from Buffalo originally, Porterfield quickly made it his…
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Born Buffalo (@born_buffalo) #OnThisDay In 1995, a 3.0 magnitude earthquake was felt around WNY, mainly near Tonawanda. Many stated they felt it…
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Born Buffalo (@born_buffalo) #OnThisDay Lackawanna Iron & Steel Company begin construction on a new steel mill in the Buffalo suburbs. The company,…
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Born Buffalo (@born_buffalo) #OnThisDay In 1899, Grain Shovelers and Dock Workers win their strike against Boss “Fingey” Connors, whom had been cutting…
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Born Buffalo (@born_buffalo) #OnThisDay The SS Canadiana takes its first voyage. The Canadiana was a passenger ship built here in Buffalo that…
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Born Buffalo (@born_buffalo) #OnThisDay The Newsboys & Bootblacks Home opens. In the 1800s and early 1900s, children oftentimes had to take up…
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Born Buffalo (@born_buffalo) #OnThisDay In 1934, as laborers were digging a pond for the State Fish Hatchery in Randolph they unearthed a…