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.
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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.”
The Underground Railroad In And Around Little Falls
The Underground Railroad (URR) was a loosely organized network of people, (men and women, African American and white,) dedicated to helping people escape from bondage in the slave-holding states of the South to freedom in the antislavery states of the North and ultimately to Canada in the period before the Civil War.
The Main Street in Little Falls, NY, circa 1955 -1965
Recollections by Allen Kazmerski from the Little Falls Historical Society 2023 Writing Series dedicated to Edward J. Cooney.
From the LFHS Cooney Archives: A Place to Call Home – The Mohawk Valley
A patent issued by King George II of England, bestowed to John Jost Schnell and Jacob Zimmerman 3,600 acres of land north of the Mohawk River across from the General Herkimer home.
Patriots Day at Yellow Church Cemetery
On Saturday May 20, the twelfth annual Patriots Day ceremony was held at historic Yellow Church Cemetery in Manheim.
Little Falls Historical Society Events This Week
Join the Little Falls Historical Society for the Lafayette Marker Unveiling on Wednesday, May 17, at 2pm and Patriots Day on Saturday, May 20, at 11am.
National Historic Marker Day in Little Falls
Friday April 28 was National Historic Marker Day. The officers and directors of the Little Falls Historical Society marked this day by placing a new historic marker atop a previously installed marker pole at the site of the guard gate for the 1795 Western Inland Navigation Lock Canal.
Lafayette Historic Marker to be officially unveiled in Little Falls, NY
On May 17, 2023, at 2 pm an official unveiling of the Lafayette marker by the canal will be held with the DAR and members of the community.