President Millard Fillmore was born in East Aurora, one of Buffalo' quaint satellite communities. President McKinley was assassinated at the 1901 Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, and Theodore Roosevelt was inaugurated here. The Underground Railroad ended at the Buffalo River before slaves crossed into southern Ontario. Underground Railroad tours are available. E.B. Greene, Louis Sullivan, Louise Bethune, and the Saarinen Brothers.
Architectural tours are available.
Communities north of Buffalo along Lake Ontario were part of the Iroquois Confederacy . South of Buffalo, the Seneca and Cattaraugus Indians find their home. The Buffalo-Niagara Region boasts 22 private and public universities and colleges. Numerous IVs have benefited from meetings with administrators representing the institutions noted below. As funding mechanisms for these institutions vary widely, IVs will have the chance to gain insights into novel financing strategies.