Is there really buffalo, in Buffalo New York?

Question

I just found out today that Buffalo, NY is the second largest city in New York state. I always thought it was just a little town, but was big enough to make a map for that part of the country lol. So anyways, are there really buffalo in this supposdly second largest city in New York state?

Answer 1

Buffalo received it's name from the creek that flows through it. the origin of the creek's name is unclear, with several theories existing. One holds that the name is an anglicized form of the French name Beau Fleuve (beautiful river), which was supposedly an exclamation uttered by Louis Hennepin when he first saw the stream; this is thought to be unlikely. Early French explorers reported the abundance of buffalo on the south shore of Lake Erie, but their presence on the banks of Buffalo Creek is still a matter of debate, so the origin of the name of the creek is still uncertain. Neither the Native American name ("Place of the Basswoods") or the French name ("River of Horses") survived, so the current name likely dates to the British occupation which began with the capture of Fort Niagara in 1759. Also given credence by local historians is the possibility that an interpreter mistranslated the Native American word for "beaver" as "buffalo" - the words being very similar - at a treaty-signing at present-day Rome, New York in 1784. The theory assumes that because there were beaver here, the creek was probably called Beaver Creek rather than Buffalo Creek. Another theory holds that a Seneca Indian lived there, whose name meant "buffalo", and was translated as such by the English pioneers. The stream where he lived became Buffalo Creek. This last theory is that advocated by George R. Stewart. He also says that the town founded there was first called New Amsterdam by some Dutch immigrants, but "the Americans preferred Buffalo, and in the end established it officially, as one of the most colorful among the names of American cities."

Answer 2

Yes, in the early 1800 when Americans traveled West in search of manifest destiny, they noticed the demise of the Buffalo at the hands of the native Indians. Thus a crusade was born and they sent them back east to prevent extinction of the animal. They eventually settled into an animal reservation that is now known as Buffalo, NY.

Answer 3

There used to be a rare species of flying buffalo in Buffalo, NY, but sadly, they were hunted to extinction, harvested for their wings.

Answer 4

Go to the Arbor Eatery, they have Buffalo wings, original.

Answer 5

No they are no buffalo in Buffalo, New York but there are buffalo wings,

Answer 6

No. And technically, there are no buffalo in the United States. What you are referring to is the American Bison. I hate to burst your bubble, but there is not one Schenectady in Schenectady either.

Answer 7

There used to be buffalo, but they were stolen.

Answer 8

yes,of course.....it's the buffalo's state

Answer 9

Of course.

Can't ya tell by the wings.


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Answer 10

just their wings are left, alas.

Personally, I thought Syracuse was larger, myself.