Niagara Falls names panel to lead 125th anniversary observance

From the Buffalo News: City Historian Elaine Timm was named chairwoman of a committee that will organize this year’s events to mark the 125th anniversary of Niagara Falls becoming a city in 1892. The city was incorporated on March 17, 1892, and the city will mark that date in conjunction with the Ancient Order of…

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Historic photos in Falls going digital

From the Buffalo News: Many of the Niagara Falls Public Library’s historical pictures of the city are falling apart. That’s to be expected – some are 150 years old. The roughly 10,000 historic photographs in the archives of the Local History Department are being given new life thanks to a new digitization project at the…

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