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BuffaloNiagara Falls

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Narrated by The Broadcaster 32 km · about 24 min · 4 stories

Up the Niagara River from the old canal city: Buffalo's grain elevators — the invention that fed the world — the electric cars built here before Detroit chose gasoline, La Salle's lost ship the Griffon, and the daredevils who went over the falls on purpose.

The stories

In order along the route. Tap a dot on the map, or play them here.

  1. 1
    Buffalo, New York

    The Buffalo Electric Vehicle Company

  2. 2
    Buffalo, New York

    Buffalo's Grain Elevator Innovation

  3. 3
    Grand Island, New York

    The Griffon's Voyage

  4. 4
    Niagara Falls, New York

    The Daredevils of Niagara

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Where the stories come from

Infinite Road draws from a library of primary sources — public-domain county histories, the WPA American Guide Series, National Register of Historic Places records, local records, and encyclopedic sources — then writes and narrates each story in its own words.