history

See the oldest operating Five and Dime store in the United States, which is just a short ride from Albany.

Old Fort Niagara has a rich 300-year history. During the colonial times, a fort at the mouth of the Niagara River controlled access to the Great Lakes and the westward route to the heartland.

If you are like many people, you don’t know how or why Black History Month even began. As we begin to wind down on Black History Month for 2021, let’s look back and see how Black History Month came to be.

History continues to be made over there at UB. What a time to be apart of the overall student body and apart of the strong athletics department. It was just last week that the UB Football team made history with their best start ever and a major chance to win the MAC Championship...

Photo Credit: WIll Packer Instagram Girls Trip just made history as the first film starring, directed, produced and written by African-Americans to reach the $100 million mark! Woot! After four weeks at the theaters, the raunchy comedy surpassed the $100 million milestone at the domestic box office, making it the first comedy to do so in 2017...

I love this stuff. Thanks to our friends at the Buffalo History Museum for giving us this picture! The American Hotel, on the west side of Main Street between Court and Eagle streets, was destroyed by fire on March 10, 1850. It was one of 99 buildings constructed by Benjamin Rathbun from 1835 to 1836, five stories tall, built of cut brown stones and surmounted by a cupola...

The movement for the prohibition of alcohol began in the early 19th century when Americans concerned about the effects of drinking began forming temperance societies. By the late 19th century, these groups had become a powerful political force – including here in Buffalo. I...

What a cool documentary to watch the history (and memories, if you can remember that far back) of Buffalo, NY. From the Canadiana rides across Lake Erie to Crystal to watching the Beach Buffalo's Boys of Summer play baseball, the Town Casino and more...

Do you know Ulrich's Tavern? The Buffalo bar is located at 674 Ellicott Street in Buffalo, NY, and is reportedly Buffalo's OLDEST bar, according to Buffalo.net. It is one of the oldest coninuously operating taverns in WNY as well. The tavern was founded in 1868 as a grocery saloon and it has been serving food and drinks since...

Living in Buffalo, we think we know cereal. Heck, we walk around in t-shirts proclaiming our city smells like Cheerio's and he have the General Mills production schedule memorized. But what about the Jackson Sanatorium? How many know this little nugget of history...

Several magnificent Catholic relics are on display in a Buffalo-area church. A thread that is said to have come form the veil of the Virgin Mary as well as relics from Jesus Christ's cross are among the collection at St. John Gulabert Roman Catholic Church in Cheektowoga...

What is that really nice looking boulder at 30 Fordham Drive in Buffalo, NY? On the boulder is a small plaque that reveals the spots importance. The rock lies in the middle of a grassy road median, marking the spot where William McKinley was assassinated...