Abraham Lincoln, Little Falls and Beyond
2025 marks both the 165th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s 1860 election to the presidency and the 160th anniversary of his April 15th, 1865 assassination.
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This day in Mohawk Valley History: April 12
“THE FRANCHISE WAS RATIFIED. STREET CAR COMPANY AT LITTLE FALLS.” Headline from April 12, 1902, The Utica Observer.
Sugaring set up at mansion. Photo provided by the Herkimer Home State Historic Site.Sugaring Off at Herkimer Home this Saturday
Return To Sugar Bush, Sugaring Off” at Herkimer Home State Historic Site from 10:00 a.m until 4:00 p.m. on Saturday April 12th, 2025.
Circa 1914 | Street Car being pulled by horses on Main Street, Dolgeville, New York. Photo courtesy of the Little Falls Historical Society Museum.Little Falls Historical Society Museum: This Day in History on April 6, 1903
Louis Ransom, a native of Little Falls, invented the steam street car in 1877, which was the precursor to the electric trolley.
Little Falls Historical Society Museum. Photo by Mohawk Valley TodayHeritage Tourism in the Mohawk Valley
Here at Mohawk Valley Museums, we often get inquiries about heritage tourism, local communities, museums, and landmarks.
Detroit Publishing Co., Copyright Claimant, and Publisher Detroit Publishing Co. Old Heidelberg. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, April 1: All Fools’ Day
Read about, April, 1, All Fools’ day, in the Mohawk Valley as reported in NYS historic newspapers in Herkimer and Fulton Counties.
The Little Falls Post Office
John Porteous was appointed postmaster at the little falls, and the post office was located in his store. The early mail was delivered once a week punctually by Adam Feeter.”
March 30, 1797, Cooney Archives
Mohawk Valley history: March 23, 1909, Little Falls, NY
March 23, 1909: “Busy Times Down the Valley in Digging the Big Canal. The barge canal zone in this city will be a busy place this summer…”
“Sugaring Off” at Herkimer Home State Historic Site
Sugaring Off at the Herkimer Home State Historic Site on Saturday, April 12th from 10am until 4pm, with a special Pancake Breakfast.
Mohawk Valley history: March 7, 1903, Herkimer, NY
Herkimer newspaper acquires a Thorne simplex unitype typesetting machine on March 7, 1903, as reported in the Herkimer Democrat.