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The Buffalo History Museum Podcast is the premier source for Western New York history. Each episode, we tell a story of the people and events that have shaped our region. New episodes are released monthly. Help us grow by subscribing, rating, and reviewing us.

The Buffalo History Museum Podcast The Buffalo History Museum

    • History
    • 4.9 • 109 Ratings

The Buffalo History Museum Podcast is the premier source for Western New York history. Each episode, we tell a story of the people and events that have shaped our region. New episodes are released monthly. Help us grow by subscribing, rating, and reviewing us.

    Rise and Fall of the Canadiana

    Rise and Fall of the Canadiana

    Between 1910 and 1956, the Canadiana ferried passengers between Buffalo and Canada's Crystal Beach Amusement Park. This is the story of the ship, her demise, and her near resurrection. 

    • 22 min
    Love Canal, Part III: Escape

    Love Canal, Part III: Escape

    Twenty years after Hooker Chemical buried its last metal drum in the depths of William Love's abandoned canal, local residents begin experiencing health problems. The ensuing years become a fight for their lives. 

    • 36 min
    Love Canal, Part II: Hooker Chemical

    Love Canal, Part II: Hooker Chemical

    Fifty years after William Love abandoned his Model City settlement in Niagara Falls, a local chemical manufacturer made use of his half-excavated canal. Part III coming next week. 

    • 20 min
    Love Canal, Part I: Model City

    Love Canal, Part I: Model City

    In 1894, William T. Love broke ground on his grand vision—a utopian community which he called "Model City." His dream however, would never come to pass. In time, what remained of his project would become the epicenter of one our nation's worst environmental disasters. Stay tuned for part two.

    • 16 min
    30-Second Nightmare: The Cleve Hill School Fire

    30-Second Nightmare: The Cleve Hill School Fire

    On March 31, 1954, a wooden annex of Cheektowaga's Cleve Hill School caught fire in seconds, taking the lives of fifteen children. 
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    • 20 min
    Ida Dora Fairbush: Buffalo’s First African American Teacher

    Ida Dora Fairbush: Buffalo’s First African American Teacher

    We're joined today by Barbara Seals Nevergold, PhD to discuss the life of Ida Dora Fairbush, the first African American teacher in the Buffalo Public School District. 
     
    To learn more about Ida, clink below:
    https://www.buffaloschools.org/cms/lib/NY01913551/Centricity/Domain/9000/Ida-Fairbush-Biography.pdf
     

    • 32 min

Customer Reviews

4.9 out of 5
109 Ratings

109 Ratings

mfb80 ,

Preserving Buffalo’s rich history

Im a lifelong Buffalonian and this podcast shares so many stories about Buffalo that I had never heard. Each podcast is well researched and very informative. The narrator does a great job of making you feel like you were present at the time of the story

Anth0711 ,

Too much ideology

Some episodes are excellent and provide fascinating insights into often little known events about this great city.

Sadly, other episodes reflect the obvious underlying liberal ideology that drives both the participants and sponsors of the podcast.

Jill M T ,

So good.

An entertaining and very well done podcast that explores the rich history of Buffalo.

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