Identifier: illustratedbuffa00bail (find matches)
Title: Illustrated Buffalo: the queen city of the lakes
Year: 1890 (1890s)
Authors: Bailey, George Milroy, 1862- (from old catalog)
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Publisher: New York, Acme publishing and engraving co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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of a century rolled by, until he saw himselfagain trudging into the settlement at BuffaloCreek and knocking at Jolin Palmers taverndoor. Wonderful charmer, this sleep is, to atired man, for another vision was in store forhis grace, as he lay there curled upfloor. Another century, nearly, passed beforehim, but into the future, and it vpas the year1890. He stood upon a broad, paved terrace,and knew that it was tlie site of PalmersTavern. The scene about him saw that of abusy city of more than a quarter of a million souls. It was again a day in July. All the potent forces of awonderful age of invention—of steam and eloctric power—were conspiring round about him. By his very ILUV/STRATED THE (^UEENCITY OF THE LAKES. :iT side thundered mighty engines, pulling palatial coaches loaded with precious merchandise and prosperouspeople on tlieir way from the Atlantic to .he Pacific Ocean. Some of the people luid just come from his ownany Paris, which they had left only ei(/hl days before. Abo

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