Buffalo and its German Community - Index Part I Chapter 1 The Establishment and Development of Buffalo -- Joseph Ellicott and the Holland Land Company -- Buffalo plundered burned by the English -- Becoming a City in 1832 Chapter 2 The Civil War -- The Response of Buffalo and Erie County -- The Spanish-American War Chapter 3 Buffalo's Further Development --The Erecting of the new City and County Buildings -- Major Construction -- The Panic of 1893 -- Buffalo as a Convention Center -- The Chamber of Commerce Chapter 4 Muncipal and County Administration -- List of Mayors of Buffalo since 1832 -- The Establishment of Erie County Chapter 5 Buffalo's Schools, Emminent Educational Institutions, Churches and Cemeteries -- The University of Buffalo Chapter 6 The Parks Department -- The Zoological Gardens -- The Albright Art Gallery -- The Historical Building -- The Botanical Conservatory -- The Parks -- City Recreational Areas Chapter 7 The Railroad, Commerce and Industry -- Shipping -- The First Steamboat Chapter 8 The Pan-American Exposition Chapter 9 The Disasterous Days for Buffalo -- Fire at the American Hotel -- Cholera -- The Burning of the Music Hall and St. Louis Church -- The Assassination of President McKinley Part II Chapter 1 The Significance of the German Population to the Prosperity of Buffalo -- The German Days -- Germans are Conveyers of Culture Chapter 2 The First German Wave of Migration -- The First German Officials Chapter 3 Buffalo's German Press -- First German Newspaper established in 1837 -- It's Successors -- The Cultural Mission of the Press Chapter 4 German Church Congregations -- St. Louis Catholic Church built in 1872 -- The Evangelical Lutheran Congregation of St. John's -- Pastor Grabau and the exiled Lutherans Chapter 5 German Society -- German Young Men's Association -- The Singing Societies -- The Orpheus and other Glee Clubs -- Gymnasium Clubs -- The German Litarary Society -- Schiller Memorial Society -- Christian Association of Young Men Chapter 6 German Teaching and Charitable Institutions -- Canisius College -- The German Hospital -- The German Deaconess House -- St. John's Orphanage Part III A.Biographies of the Citizens of Buffalo B.Industrialists and Prominent Business Houses in Buffalo Appendix Niagara Falls and its German Community Biographical Index

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Braun, Philip Brendel, Henry W. Breuer, Max, Dr. Brick, Nicholas C. Bruiknern, Gustav Buettner, Edwin Burkard, Joseph Burkhardt, Karl H. Bruck, John P Chemnitz, Matthew J. Christmann, Chas. Christmann, Philip Christmann, William Clement, John Cohauss, Bernhard, Rev. Curtiss, Harlow C. Daniels, W.H. Dauterman, Albert Dauterman, Henry Dauterman, John Dieckmann, Ewald Diehl, Conrad, Dr. Doll, Henry Wm. Dörfler, Frank Dorn, Fred. J. Dreher, Eugen Dudley, Wesley C. Dunbar, Harris Duval, Georg, Rev. Dreyer, Ludwig Eckhert, Peter Ehler, Edward Ehlers, Otto C.J. Ehms, Alvin Eichel, Otto R., Dr. Eichel, Robert Eisele, Edward J. Elbers, Henrich H. Emerson, Henry P. Endres, Jos. Erb, J., Rev. Erfling, Fred. Erion, Fred Esenwein, Aug. C. Fedders, Th.C. Feine, August Fink, Henry J. Fisher, F.W. Fitscher, J.N. Fix, Chas. Forbach, Christ. Forbach, Conrad Frank, Edward J.

Frank, John G. Frankenstein, F. Frankenstein, J.O., Dr. Frey, Rudolph Frisch, Gustav A.W. Frisch, F., Dr. Fritz, Louis J. Frohe, Leo P. Fronczak, F.C., Dr. Fuhrmann, Louis P. Gaertner, W., Dr. Garlock, David (listed but not in the biographies) Gebauer, G.H. Gerking, Fred W. Glaswatz, A. Goehle, Alfred M. Goehle, Karl A. Goettelmann, Jul. Gomph, William J. Gosar, John Grabau, J.F. Grabau, Wilhelm, Prof. Gruber, Chas. Greinert, Herm. Haas, C.G., Rev. Hager,George L. Hager, Otto P. Hart, Louis B. Hartmayer, F.L. Haupt, Fred Held, Friedrich Herbold, Philip Hering, Leodegar Heussler, Robert H. Hilburger, J. Hitzel, Gustav, Dr. Hoesler, A.G. Hof, Peter Hofheins, G.H. Hofmayr, John Holz, Andrew Honecker, John Hoyler, A.H. Hutter, Albert Judge, George C. Jokl, Leopold Jacobs, W.F., Dr. Jung, Edward L. Jung, Albert H., Dr. Kaffenberger, W., Prof Kahabka, B.

Kamphausen, Henry Kamprath, William B. Kasting, W.F. Kauf, Jacob Kayser, G.A. P.J. Kieffer Kelch, Otto Keller, Chas. Keller, John J. Kiekebusch, Otto Kinkel, Louis Kirchner, Hugo Kirsch, J.A.W., Rev. Klocke, Chas. A. Knepper, H.J. Kobler, Heinrich Kraetz, John G. Kraemer, H.A., Rev. Kraemer, Georg Kraft, Frank A. Kraft, Francis J. Kramer, Georg Kreinheder, Edwin J. Kreiss, Chas. Krim, G., Rev. Krug, George B. Kumpf, H.W. Kuhn, Anton J. Lang, Ed., Rev. Lange, Julius, Prof. Leininger, Philip Lieder, Henry Lochmann, Fritz Lubelski, Max Luedecke, W.P. Maier, Maximilian Marquart, S. Maul, Peter May, Henry Mayer, Chas. Mayer, Theo. W. Menges, Adam J. Merker, W.E. Merkle, Fred Mesinger, Henry Metz, Karl A. Metz, Theodor Meyer, Karl Meyer, Michael Miller, August A., Rev. Miller, Chas. Wm. Miller, Edwin G.S. Miller, John Moehlau, F.G., Dr. Moeller, Edward Moeller, Edward Heinrich

Moeller, Robert Mueller, John F. Nettelbladt, von, H., Prof. Neupert, Leo North, Chas. H. Nussbaumer, J. Georg Nyiri, John de Offermann, Frank Offermann, Gottfried Pankow, A.R. Philipps, Theo Pohle, W.C. Frederick Preiter, Jos. Reif, Chas. F. Reimann, John Rehbaum, Geo. Reinecke, Ottomar Ring, Fred Riklin, Eduard Ritter, W.E. Roehrer, John Rohde, Chas. F. Rohr, Mathias Rommel, Gustav Rosche, Jakob Russ, John Salzmann, J. Sauerwein, John Schaaf, Georg Schaefer, A.C., Dr. Schaefers, Jos. Schantz, Georg Scheeler, Martin Schieder, Joseph Schilling, Christopher P. Schild, W.H., Rev. Schlager, F.L. Schmelzer, Emil Schmidt, B.W. Schmidt, E.G. Schramm, Paul H. Schoenhut, Chas. Schorcht, Prof. Dr. Schroeder, Aug. H.C. Schroeder, Otto H., Rev Schultz, Frank W. Schultz, Miss Minne Schulze, Carl Schwab, Frank X. Schwabl, Georg J.

.	Schwabl, John Schwarzmaeier, M. Schwenk, C.H. Seelbach, Carl A. Seibert, Simon Sellinger, Georg, Rev. Semon, Walter Siegrist, Jakob Siekmann, Carl F., Prof. Sievers, W.H. Simon, Henry E.W. Simon, William, Jr. Smith, Chas. O. Speyser, Theophil Steger, Alois Stengel, Ed Stettenbenz, Edward F. Steul, Henry C. Sticht, Lorenz Straub, Heinrich Sy, A.C.P., Prof., Dr. Taggesell, R., Dr. Tappe, Fritz F. Tiedemann, L.C. (listed but not in the biographies) Tischendorf,Carl Thomas, Dr. Fr. Traenkle, Geo. Ullenbruck, Jacob H. Ulrich, Chas. Ulrich, Michael Uster, John B.	Vesper, H. Viedt, Louis Voelker, B. Vogt, F.A. Wagner, John, Prof. Walter, Frank Ward, Francis G., Col. Weasner, H.C. Weber, Jacob J. Weiss, Dan Weiss, Georg Wenner, P. Werner, Albert Wesselmann, Ernst Wick, Otto Willert, Henry Winning, Carl G., Dr. Winter, Anthony Winzig, John Wohler, Emil Wolf, Johannes Wolf, August Wuenst, Edmund T. Young, Peter Zesch, Frank A. Zimmermann, L.A. Zinke, Louis
	Index of Business Firms
	Buffalo as a Center of Trade and Industry Schoellkopf & Company George Urban Milling Co. C. Person's Sons C. Kurtzmann & Co.	The Cordova Shops Buffalo Volksfreund Printing Company German American Brewery Iroquois Brewery Edgewater Park

	Table of Contents - Niagara Falls
	Niagara Falls, N.Y. - The City and the Famous Falls Philip J. Keller, Mayor Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church Pastor Herman Brezing Prof. Dr. J. Ernst Rieger Andreas Kaltenbach Dr. Karl Georg Leo Wolf Albert Siegel	Niagara Alkali Co. Fritz Otto Geyler Alfred Suchy Heinrich W. Witzel Hydraulic Power Company Jacob F. Schoellkopff The Shredded Wheat Factory Paul Dietz Richard Neuhaus Niagara University

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