Little Falls Patriots Day Past and Present by Jeffrey Gressler

The Little Falls Historical Society will partner with the Yellow Church Cemetery Association to host a Patriots Day observance at their historic site beginning at 11:00 AM on Saturday May 20. The rain date is Sunday May 21 at the same time. The event is free and open to the public.

Video: Palatine Germans in the Mohawk Valley with Kathryn Weller

Discover the history of Palatine German immigration to colonial New York, their turmoil in settling into a new world, and how acculturation impacted the crisis’s as the American Revolution emerged.

Historic Homes in Little Falls: 528 Garden Street

528 Garden Street is a historic home in Little Falls and is #28 on the Little Falls Historical Society Museum’s self-guided walking tours.

The Old Bakery Oven

“The Old Bakery Oven found as Bellinger Block is razed on North Ann Street. Chief Cooney’s scrapbooks indicate it was in use 70 years ago.

Civil Rights: Then and Now

Civil Rights then and now with Robert Brown Elliott and highlights from the Civil Rights National Conversation in 2016.

The NYS Education Department Recognizes Black History Month

Resources, Online, and In-Person Programming and Public Broadcasting Events Available Throughout February Across the State.

Eagle Down by John Frazier

Donnie Coffin was somewhat of an enigma. Those who remember him recall him as an easygoing guy, but not many people have vivid memories of him.

Little Falls Philanthropy by Louis W. Baum

What did wealthy people do with their money? Some spent lavishly on themselves and their families caring little for their fellow man; others were philanthropic. Over the years, the citizens of Little Falls have greatly benefited in many different ways from the philanthropy of several of its leading residents who lived here in the late 1800s and early 1900s.

Bygone Little Falls winters of skiing and sledding by Jeffrey Gressler

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.

A visit to the Fort Plain Museum and Historical Park

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