New York, Erie County, Cheektowaga
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George Urban, Jr.
Residence
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On this property in 1883, at an
outdoor picnic of Buffalo Business-
men, 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 President of the United States.
(Politics) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
George Urban, Jr.
Residence
——•——
On this property in 1883, at an
outdoor picnic of Buffalo Business-
men, 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 President of the United States.
(Politics) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
Celebrated outlaw who became a peace officer. Once undisputed ruler of a 5,000-square-mile area of Southwest Texas, centered in Eagle Pass and known as King Fisher's Territory.
Born in Williamsburg and educated at the Cornwall Grammar School, Whitney was called to the Bar in 1876. He was elected to the legislative assembly as Conservative member for Dundas in 1888. A noted orator, he was leader of the opposition 1896-1905. In the latter year the Liberal government headed by the Hon. G.W. Ross was defeated and Whitney became the sixth prime minister of Ontario. He held that post 1905-14 and his administration was noted for its introduction of extensive legislation relating to agriculture, labour, education and public utilities. Whitney received his knighthood in 1908.
Named after the black schooner called The Crow that harbored off the peninsula in the mid-1800s, Crow's Nest Peninsula is one of the last great, undisturbed places in the mid-Atlantic area. With both a rich history and remarkable environmental values, this peninsula between Accokeek and Potomac Creek is one of the most pristine areas in the lower Potomac.
This memorial includes three plaques. 
Sam Houston died of pneumonia on July 26, 1863, at the age of 70. His funeral was held on July 27, 1863, in the upstairs parlor of his home, the Steamboat House, then located one-fourth mile to the east. At the service the minister read a poem that had been written during the night by Mrs. Houston. The wood coffin was made at the Huntsville Penitentiary by Union prisoners of war, for whom General Houston had shown concern. Masonic rites were conducted at the burial site, which was chosen because of its proximity to that of Houston’s close friend and attorney, Henderson Yoakum. Joshua Houston, the General’s trusted body servant, built a picket fence to enclose the grave. The original simple white marble tombstone is now at the Sam Houston Memorial Museum.
Placed by the Citizens of Huntsville in recognition of the Sam Houston Bicentennial
The present monument was erected by the State of Texas and unveiled on April 21, 1911, the 75th anniversary of the Battle of San Jacinto. Among several thousand spectators present were Houston family members, State officials, the two surviving veterans of San Jacinto, and descendants of prominent early Texans. Dedicatory addresses were by noted orator William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska and Texas Senator McDonald Meachum of nearby Grimes County, who sponsored legislation for the $10,000 gray Texas granite monument by Italian Sculptor Pompeo Coppini, whose other works include the Alamo cenotaph. Sam Houston is seen as the General in Command of the Texas army, flanked by symbolic figures of victory and history, who holds the first chapter of Texas history. Andrew Jackson’s words were from a tribute made after the Battle of San Jacinto. Coppini also designed the black iron fence featuring Roman battle axes, inverted to indicate and end of fighting, connected by laurel wreaths signifying the Texan victory.
Placed by the Citizens of Huntsville in recognition of the Sam Houston Bicentennial
A member of the Hunkpapa band of the Teton Sioux Indians, Sitting Bull became a warrior of much renown and was eventually acknowledged as a leader of all the Teton Sioux. A noble and just leader but misunderstood by the white man.
Site of first settlement
Bishop Francis Asbury, famed Methodist circuit rider, often visited the Potomac, Tygart’s, Greenbrier, and Monongahela Valleys. In 1790, on a journey from Georgia to New England, he preached at cabin of Benjamin Wilson in Tygart’s Valley.
Made first settlement at Cicero Corners in 1802. Kept a tavern in loghouse.
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 Underground Railroad Station for escaped slaves traveling north to the Niagara River. 
English:
Nearby is the burial place of Darby Conley (Connolly) and members of his family, victims of an Indian attack on this upper Tygart Valley settlement in 1777 (“bloody year of the three sevens”). One headstone marks graves.
