The Bellevue Neighborhood was one of the earliest settlements in Cheektowaga, when the Ely family settled there and established one of the first saw mills in Cheektowaga along Cayuga Creek. These family members were abolitionists and maintained an . . . — — Map (db m82326) HM
The defeated Indian League of the Iroquois received a large reservation across Erie County, at the end of the American Revolution. William Street forms part of the north boundary of this Buffalo Creek Indian Reservation. The final sale treaty, . . . — — Map (db m74063) HM
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In honor of those who made the sacrifice, that we may enjoy the American way of life.
We believe in God, our country and nation. We honor those who fought for our freedom and salvation. They fought for their country and . . . — — Map (db m314940) WM
Cheektowaga Chamber of Commerce
Citizens of the Year Award
1990-1991
Dedicated to the men and women who served our nation and community in
Operation Desert Storm — — Map (db m314938) HM WM
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In honor of the American gold star mothers for their sacrifice, service, and patriotism
A Mother's tears were shed today
For a battle long ago.
Her precious gift to a warrior son
Whose fate.....she'll never know . . . — — Map (db m314928) WM
Our Lady of Christians started as a shrine in 1851. Fulfilling a vow he made during an Atlantic storm in November 1836. German immigrant Joseph Batt gave land and built the shrine. In October 1890, this church became the first parish in . . . — — Map (db m81469) HM
The area of Cheektowaga known as Forks, New York is located in the middle of the town at the junction of Broadway & Union Roads. A major railroad station was at this location and in the 1920s the present Town Hall was built. Behind the now . . . — — Map (db m103646) HM
Garrison Cemetery has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002 by the United States Department of the Interior — — Map (db m226754) HM
On this property in 1883, at an outdoor picnic of Buffalo Businessmen, Gerhard Lang proposed the toast "To Grover Cleveland, our next President." This launched the campaign which led to the election, in 1884, of Grover Cleveland as the 22nd . . . — — Map (db m82307) HM
Heroic Dead 1917 World War 1918 Town of Cheektowaga, N.Y. Andres, John; Benzel, William; Duly, John R.; Geier, Harvey H.; Hoerner, Jacob J.; Holtz, John W.; Klaffka, John C.; Latzer, Wendelin; Ostrowski, Frank; Racinowski, Stanley; Szydlowski, . . . — — Map (db m106530) WM
Cleveland Hill Union Free School District. In memory of the fifteen children who perished and the many others who suffer as a result of the tragic fire that occurred at this site on March 31, 1954. — — Map (db m203722) HM
In 1899, Rabbi Eliyahu Yosef (Joseph) Rabinowitz (Z"L) emigrated to the United States from the small village of Sokolifka now in modern day Ukraine. He was the first Hassidic Rabbi to come to the United States and settled on the Lower East Side . . . — — Map (db m314721) HM
Dedicated in loving memory to our departed comrades
Monument Committee
Colonel John L. Schwartz
Lieut. Colonel Leo P. Frohe
Major Frank X. Schwab
Sculptor
Joseph Schneggenburger
Builders
William J. Crawford & Co. . . . — — Map (db m299490) WM
The original site of Forks Hose Company #2 established Oct 11th 1911 and later the site of the Forks Hotel, famous for Eddie Fechter's magic. — — Map (db m81420) HM
Dedicated in memory of deceased members of all wars
Red Jacket Post 3068 and Auxiliary
"They gave their today, for our tomorrow." — — Map (db m297970) WM
On this site was located one of the early toll booths for the Buffalo - Batavia Plank Road laid out by Joseph Ellicott, and the plank road towards Lancaster and Alden. The toll was later moved west about 400 feet. It was abandoned in the early . . . — — Map (db m81421) HM
Site of Underground Railway Station ——•—— Sterling Ely, and his brother, L. Sheldon Ely, both Abolitionists, operated an Underground Rail- way Station, between the years 1850 and 1863. At least 26 escaping black . . . — — Map (db m82308) HM
To the all embracing love of our Holy Queen of Peace we the heirs of freedom commend these dear ones who suffered and died that freedom might live in the peace of Christ — — Map (db m297811) HM
They have dedicated themselves to upholding our nation's ideals
World War I • World War II • Korea • Vietnam • Kuwait • Afghanistan • Iraq — — Map (db m314858) WM
The V. F. W. Cheektowaga Post 2429 which once stood on these grounds presents this retired Howitzer to
Mount Calvary Cemetery, Inc.
Veterans Square in memory of those who proudly served in our country's military — — Map (db m298504) WM
Dedicated, June 17th. 1962,
to the valor of the American
and British soldiers, and
the peace which has
long endured.
V.F.W. Post 2429
Commander
Charles J. Weber — — Map (db m226773) WM
This tablet is erected by the Buffalo Historical Society in honor of the American and British soldiers of the War of 1812 who died in the military hospital at Williamsville, New York and were buried here in 1814 and 1815. — — Map (db m74884) HM WM
