Artvoice: Buffalo's #1 Newsweekly. Buffalo Rising | Your Guide to Buffalo NY News, Arts, Events & Buffalo Restaurants. BURCHFIELD PENNEY ART CENTER. Welcome To The Buffalo Zoo. Home Page :: Buffalo Museum of Science. Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens. Albright-Knox Art Gallery. Buffalo, New York. Today, the region's largest economic sectors are financial services, technology,[10] health care and education,[11] and these continue to grow despite the lagging national and worldwide economies.[12] This growth has been maintained, in part, by major expansions of the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus[13] and the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York (SUNY).[14] A recent study found Buffalo's August 2011 unemployment rate to be 7.3%[15] In 2010, Forbes rated Buffalo the 10th best place to raise a family in America.[16] History[edit] Buffalo Panorama 1911 Etymology[edit] Prior to the Iroquois occupation of the region, the region was settled by the Neutral Nation.
Passenger boats at Buffalo 1909 During the 1840s, Buffalo's port continued to develop. Abraham Lincoln visited Buffalo on February 16, 1861 on his trip to accept the presidency of the United States. Grover Cleveland served as Sheriff of Erie County (1871–1873), and was Mayor of Buffalo in 1882. Geography[edit] The H.