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This public domain work - originally published by Charles W. Sumner in 1886 - consists exclusively of pen drawings of various Buffalo buildings and landmarks in the late 19th century. The following is paraphrased from the last pages of the book ...Buffalo, a city of vast commercial importance situated at the extreme eastern end of Lake Erie, has a population of about 240,000.Its harbor is formed by the Buffalo River, navigable for over two miles; the entrance being protected by a breakwater 2,000 feet long. The forty grain elevators - capable of receiving and transferring 3,000,000 bushels of grain daily - become necessary as the tonnage of vessels - arrivals and clearances - reached the enormous amount of 4,145,886 tons for the year 1886.Some twenty railroads and 440 miles of tracks inside the city limits (more than any other city in the world) make it an important railroad centre.Its "East Buffalo" stockyards are the second largest in the country.The Park - Parade and Front, with connecting boulevards - in all about 500 acres - form an interesting feature, and afford many beautiful and pleasing drives. It has 140 miles of paved streets - 30 of which are asphalt - balance of stone.Then the City Building - a granite structure costing $1,300,000. Music Hall, Library, Natural Gas, Western terminus Erie Canal, belt line railroad, 50 miles of streetcar tracks, numerous benevolent institutions, hospitals, etc., besides the innumerable business houses, all add to its importance. (All mentioned in this book are of leading ones in their respective lines.)

This public domain work, originally published in 1898 by Barton Atkins (1826 - ?), paints a fascinating picture of the history of Buffalo, NY between 1790 and the turn of the 20th century. Captain Atkins served on various ships on the Great Lakes between 1842 and 1876. Those familiar with modern-day Buffalo will recognize many of the names mentioned as they are now memorialized on street signs and buildings throughout the city. Atkins also describes his stint as President Grover Cleveland's appointee as Marshal of the District of Alaska from 1885 to 1889. This is the complete book with all text and all illustrations. A painstaking effort was made to meticulously convert page scans of the original publication into text. It was then set using Adobe InDesign and Adobe Photoshop into a clean, easy-to-read paperback book. This paperback edition is the only version that has been restored.The book contains several passages considered to be racially insensitive.

Centuries before the Spanish and other Europeans immigrated to the shores of North America, the continent was populated by numerous tribes of Native Americans, frequently referred to as "Indians." These were indigenous peoples who had lived for hundreds of years in harmony with the land and animals. It was the land itself that prompted the ongoing struggle for control and ownership between Native Americans and the "new arrivals."Throughout the 1800s, despite general ill-will between the races, pockets of cooperation and individual friendships came to exist which helped to foster mutual respect among the peoples.Child of the Wind is a tale of just such a friendship, allowing us a glimpse of history and heritage, as well as understanding and hope that we may carry forward.