ark is adjoined on the south by the
Forest Lawn Cemetery which contains monuments to Millard Fillmore and
the Indian chief "Red Jacket."

Millard Fillmore (1800-1874), 13th president of the U.S., was
born in East Aurora, a little village 14 M. from Buffalo, and
practiced law in Buffalo. He served several terms as member of
Congress and in 1848 was elected vice-president on the Whig
ticket, with Zachery Taylor as president. President Taylor died
July 9, 1850, and on the next day Fillmore took the oath of
office as his successor. He favored the "Compromise Measures,"
designed to pacify the South, and signed the Fugitive Slave Law.
In 1852 he was an unsuccessful candidate for nomination for the
presidency at the Whig National Convention.

Red Jacket (1751-1830) was a famous Seneca chief and friend of
the whites. He was faithful to the whites when approached by
Tecumseh and the "Prophet" in their scheme to combine all of the
Indians from Canada to Florida in a great Confederacy. In the War
of 1812, he assisted the Americans. By many he was considered the
greatest orator of his race.

To the west of the park are the grounds of the Buffalo State Hospital
for the Insane. Overlooking the lake on a cliff 60 ft. high, is the park
known as "The Front," the site of Ft. Porter, which has a garrison of
U.S. Soldiers.

The University of Buffalo, organized in 1845, has about 1,000 students
and comprises schools of medicine, law, dentistry and pharmacy. Other
educational institutions of Buffalo are the Canisius College, a Roman
Catholic (Jesuit) institution for men, and the Martin Luther Seminary, a
Theological seminary of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. Buffalo has
several fine public buildings, including the Albright Art Gallery (white
marble), the Buffalo Historical Society Building (in Delaware Park), the
Public Library (valued at $1,000,000), and the City Hall and County
Building ($1,500,000). Since 1914 Buffalo has been under the commission
form of government.

Almost equidistant from Chicago and N.Y.C., the city of Buffalo, by
reason of its favorable location in respect to lake transportation and
its position on the principal northern trade route between the East and
the West, has become one of the important commercial and industrial
centres in the Union. Originally, the harbour was only the shallow mouth
of the Buffalo River, but it has been greatly enlarged