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First Trolley at Little Falls #24First Trolley at Little Falls #24

Inter-urban trolley lasted 30 years by Mat Rapacz

in Writing Series/by Mat Rapacz

The electric trolley started in Little Falls in 1903 with great fanfare, a convenient and, for awhile at least, popular way to travel between Little Falls and points west and south.

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Earl Roberts - First Car Manufactured At Little FallsEarl Roberts - First Car Manufactured At Little Falls

Cars still a relative novelty at time of ‘Sociability’ run

in Writing Series/by Mat Rapacz

Automobiles were still a relative novelty in Little Falls in 1909 when the Smith brothers, proprietors of the Richmond Hotel (later called Hotel Snyder) concocted the idea of a “Sociability” automobile run from the city to Cooperstown and back.

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Little Falls High School class of 1954

Nostalgia By Louis Baum

in Writing Series/by MVM

Nostalgia becomes a personal emotional experience. In times of stress, nostalgia can provide a retreat, a respite, a way to feel less alone.

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Boy's Basketball Team 1901Boy's Basketball Team 1901. Photo courtesy of the Little Falls Historical Society

Little Falls was basketball pioneer

in Writing Series/by Mat Rapacz

When basketball was new, Little Falls (along with Herkimer) was one of its pioneering communities and had some of its better teams.

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Little Falls Public Library librarian, Julia Yardley, at the Old Bank Building Museum during the October 5th Cheese Festival.

Little Falls Public Library librarian, Julia Yardley, at the Old Bank Building Museum during the October 5th Cheese Festival

in Press releases/by MVM

Little Falls Public Library head librarian Julia Yardley pictured on the front portico of the Old Bank Building Museum during the October 5th Cheese Festival.

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Harry Burrell's home at 664 East Main Street | Present-day Verizon Telephone Co.

Home Of The First U.S. Open Air Cheese Market

in Writing Series/by MVM

Jonathan Burrell and his family were influential in making Little Falls the cheese capital of the United States and beyond.

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Hill Side Farm | Eatonville, NY | Present -day 173 Dise Road, with the property owned by Barbara Pelzer. He purchased the farm on June 1, 1858, for the sum of $1,220. His grandparents, Honorable Evans and Phebe Belknap Wharry, bought this land near Little Falls, NY in 1785.

Home Of The First U.S. Open Air Cheese Market

in Writing Series/by MVM

DID YOU KNOW…Xerxes Willard wrote articles on the activities of the cheese industry at Little Falls, for the Utica Morning Herald & Daily Gazette, which were read by cheese producers, buying agents and merchants, eventually leading to Little Falls becoming the hub for the Cheese Market?

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Herkimer County Historical Society

Herkimer County Historical Society: October Events

in Press releases/by MVM

The Herkimer County Historical Society has plenty of fun and informative events this month!

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Albany Symphony Orchestra at the Little Falls Historical Society Museum

OLD BANK BUILDING MUSEUM SITE OF ALBANY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA RECORDING

in Press releases/by Little Falls Historical Society

Friday September 27 was a most interesting and history-making day at the Little Falls Historical Society’s Old Bank Building Museum.

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Historic Entry sign in Little Falls, NY

LITTLE FALLS HISTORIC ENTRY SIGNAGE NOW IN PLACE

in Press releases/by Little Falls Historical Society

Over five years in the planning and execution stage, the Little Falls Historic Entry is now a physical reality.

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