Many people may not realize that Buffalo New York has been home to tons of famous people.
- From artists to politicians to great business minds, Buffalo has been home to them all.
Despite the fact that Buffalo often has extremely harsh Winters, most of the people who have ever lived in Buffalo will tell you that it is the most amazing place. Buffalo is in Upstate New York, and its political leanings tend to be more conservative than its liberal cousin New York City. Buffalo is located adjacent to Lake Erie and Niagara Falls and Canada. Obviously, Buffalo is cold cold cold. With that kind of climate. It is very necessary to have a really good heating system in your home or business. Most homes make use of oil furnaces, which is not like the Southeastern part of the country, which almost exclusively uses electric heating. Oil furnaces are much more efficient than electric heating systems. Therefore, that is what is necessary in Buffalo. Despite the harsh winters and maybe because of the beautiful summers, there have been a lot of successful people who have called Buffalo New York home. Some examples of amazing people from Buffalo include: Henry Wells and William Fargo; if those names sound familiar, it is because they were the founders of today’s big bank called Wells Fargo. Seymour Knox is another famous person from Buffalo. If you don’t know who Seymour Knox is, you will certainly know his company. Knox is the founder of Woolworth’s. When Knox opened the first Woolworth store, it was the first place to have air conditioning in the summer. Isn’t that amazing? Other famous people include Orange Hormel, the founder of Hormel Foods, Ace Sheldon, an American journalist, and Millard Fillmore, the 13th president of the United States.