Mohawk Valley Museums

Bygone Little Falls winters of skiing and sledding by Jeffrey Gressler

December 20, 2022/in Writing Series/by MVM

Decades before there was a Pine Ridge ski center in Salisbury or a Shu-maker Mountain ski area outside Little Falls, generations of Little Falls winter sports enthusiasts skied and sledded down the vertical drops that typify our steep, narrow Mohawk Valley topography. Others enjoyed skating on the frozen canal and ice rinks. Times were different in the age before television and computers provided time diversions and snowmobiles proved to be so popular.

US submarine chasers stop in Little Falls

December 17, 2022/in This Day in History, Writing Series/by MVM

From the Cooney Archives: On December 17, 1917, A good number of recently built US submarine chasers, moving down the canal, stopped in Little Falls on their way to New York City.

This day in history: December 16 in Utica, NY

December 16, 2022/in This Day in History, Writing Series/by MVM

On December 16, 1886, the Utica Daily Observer reported on a rail Belt opening as well as a rail road Holiday Excursion to New York City.

First train passes over the railroad to Dolgeville

December 14, 2022/in This Day in History, Writing Series/by MVM

On December 14, 1892, the first train passed over the railroad to Dolgeville, and there were many excursions to High Falls Park the following summer.

A visit to the Fort Plain Museum and Historical Park

December 2, 2022/in Press releases, Writing Series/by MVM

This week MVEDD visited the Fort Plain Museum and Historical Park to learn about the exhibits along with their vision for the future.

This day in history: December 1

December 1, 2022/in This Day in History, Writing Series/by MVM

On this day, December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks was arrested for disobeying an Alabama law requiring black passengers to relinquish seats to white passengers when the bus was full.

Re-Thinking Thanksgiving: A Native American Perspective on an American Holiday at The Farmers’ Museum

November 25, 2022/in Press releases, Writing Series/by MVM

Re-Thinking Thanksgiving: A Native American Perspective on an American Holiday on Saturday, November 26 • 2:00–3:30pm at The Farmers’ Museum, Cooperstown

Mohawks and the Dutch in the Mohawk Valley

November 19, 2022/in Writing Series/by MVM

View a video from the Friends of the Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site featuring historian and scholar, Paul Gorgen, as he takes a close look at the relations between the Mohawk People and the Dutch settlers in the Mohawk Valley.