Captain Lou and Your Buffalo Bisons

Louis Peter Ortiz, the International League's All-Star second baseman in 1953 and 1954, lost his last, best chance at major league stardom in 1955. That set him right on time to help save pro baseball in Buffalo in 1956.

Television had stormed into America's living rooms in the mid-1950s. Movie theaters were competing for the viewing public and were losing heavily to live comedy and drama programs accessed from the comfort and convenience of America's own living rooms. Minor league baseball was sharing a similar fate in its losing battle with the Major Leagues.

To read more of Howard W. Henry, Jr.'s' story, see page 10 of the Summer 2010 Heritage Magazine. Subscribe now!
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Ride the Rails to Cascade Park: Excursions on the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh Railroad

...To attract passengers, the BR&P offered various excursion trips to the Niagara Frontier and Southern Tier of New York and Pennsylvania. Stops included Rochester, Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Bradford, Penn., Pittsburgh, and Kinzua Bridge at Mount Jewett, Penn. The railroads encouraged groups to sponsor all-day outings and overnight trips. A ballgame, a day at the Falls, a wild west show or picnicking offered excitement and enrichment at a price of $1.50 or less.

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The Buffalo Yacht Club: 100 Years of Boating

One hundred fifty years ago - on August 10, 1960 to be exact - 10 recreational sailors organized for the purpose of racing sailboats on the Buffalo waterfront. Their adopted constitution proclaimed "this club shall be known and designated as the Buffalo Yacht Club." It provided that the officers should consist of a commodore, vice-commodore, secretary and treasurer, and imposed an initiation fee of $3 and dues of $2 per annum.

To read more of this story by Gerould R. Stange, see page 30 of the Summer 2010 Heritage Magazine. Subscribe now!
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