Mezue ahịrịokwu a: Ná mmalite narị afọ nke 20, Buffalo bụ ọdụ ụgbọ mmiri kasị ebubata ọka n'ụwa, bụrụkwa ebe a na-egweri ntụ ọka ná mba ahụ. Ụlọ ọrụ ndị na-egwe ihe n'ógbè ahụ so ná ndị mbụ ritere uru site n'ike ọkụ eletrik nke Osimiri Niagara na-emepụta. Buffalo kwadoro ihe ngosi Pan-American nke 1901 mgbe Spanish-American War gasịrị, na-egosipụta ọganihu nke mba ahụ na nkà, ụkpụrụ ụlọ, na ọkụ eletrik. Ebe bụ́ isi e nwere ya bụ Ụlọ Elu Eletrik, nke nwere ihe karịrị nde bọmbụ ọkụ abụọ, ma ụfọdụ ihe ndị e gosiri na ya bụ ndị na-eme ihe ike na ndị na-akpa ókè agbụrụ. N'ihe ngosi ahụ, Onyeisi ala William McKinley bụ
onye ọchịchị aka ike Leon Czolgosz gburu. Mgbe McKinley nwụrụ, Theodore Roosevelt ṅụrụ iyi na Wilcox Mansion dị na Buffalo.