Buffalo, NY as printed from a woodcut in the book Historical Collections Of The State Of New York by John W. Barber and Henry Howe 1842. Titled, North West View Of Buffalo, N.Y. The above view was taken on a gentle elevation, a short distance westwardly of the city. A small portion of Lake Erie is seen on the extreme right. That is the end of the Erie Canal, gateway to the west at the time. Sometimes, you've got to know where you've been, to see where you're going...