Mysteries of the Bowie Knife by Ann Schuyler
I sat by the window on the night of September 29th watching the last of four Super Full Moons when random memories ran through my mind.
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Circa 1911 Italian Immigrant workers of the Little Falls - Dolgeville RailroadFrom the LFHS Cooney Archives: Italian immigrants find their way to Little Falls
This Day In History …” On November 1, 1891, forty-eight Italians arrived in Little Falls from Buffalo, NY to work on the Little Falls – Dolgeville Railroad.
An Elephant named Bimbo and a Funeral by Darlene Smith
Most people usually don’t have an elephant attend a family member’s funeral, but then most other families didn’t have a grandfather who loved the circus the way Milo Smith did.
Photo by Sarah RogersAn October visit to the Herkimer Home State Historic Site
A visit to the Herkimer Home State Historic Site recently has us looking forward to December’s annual Herkimer Home Christmas Program.
CITY AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY CONTINUE EFFORTS TO RECOGNIZE AFRICAN AMERICAN BURIAL GROUND
It all began sometime in the early-2000s in the mind and heart of deceased former City Historian Edwin Vogt.
Local History: Alger Island
Join the Town Historian, Kristy Rubyor, as she discusses the largest island in the Fulton Chain of Lakes: Alger Island.
My First and Last Train Rides by Ann Eysaman Schuyler
In 1944 I took my first train ride – all the way to Utica, NY. Having lived in Little Falls all my life, some of it on West Main Street at the foot of Glen Avenue, I knew about the railroad.
Little Falls Historical SocietyTHE MAGNIFICENT MILE PART II
The resettlement of the village after the American Revolution began when a Scottish immigrant, John Porteous, came to Little Falls in 1785.
2023 CANAL CELEBRATION: 36th Annual Canal Celebration | August 7th-13th
UNVEILING of the HISTORIC 1795 GUARD LOCK signage will take place on Thursday morning, on August the 10th at 11 am in Little Falls.
Local African American History Reflected State and National Events
The primary purpose of this piece of writing is to chronicle a history of African American presence in Little Falls from the time of slavery up to the 2015 dedication of a monument in Little Falls Church Street Cemetery recognizing what was once known as the “Colored Burial Ground.”