Tag Archive for: Herkimer County Writing Series

Mohawk Valley Women’s History Month: Anna Maria Müller (Miller)

Anna Maria Müller (Miller) was born Anna Maria Jacobi in Mainz, German, to parents Anne Barbara and Melchioris in 1687.

Rochester Lilac Festival

Herkimer County Historical Society’s Bus Trips for 2024

The Herkimer County Historical Society has some great bus trips lined up for 2024.

Little Falls NY, 1890

Mohawk Valley history: February 23, 1907, Herkimer, NY

February 23, 1907: Bad Fire in Little Falls. Lovenheim Building Occupied by Shoddy Co., Totally Destroyed.

The Great Bicycle Relay Race of 1892.

THE GREAT BICYCLE RELAY RACE OF 1892

Details of the Great Race were published in The Saturday Globe. This article has been adapted and added to by Ann Eysaman Schuyler.

Heritage Tourism in the Mohawk Valley

Here at Mohawk Valley Museums, we often get inquiries about heritage tourism, local communities, museums, and landmarks.

Mohawk Valley history: February 1, 1888, Herkimer, NY

This day in Mohawk Valley history from The Herkimer Democrat, February 1, 1888, Herkimer, Herkimer County, New York

Lundstrom Bookcase’s Long Journey Home

Lundstrom sectional barrister bookcases are often found in local law offices and private homes,holding sets of law books and personal libraries.

Little Falls Historical Society 2024 Writing Series dedicated to Edwin Vogt

Edwin Vogt was the first person to draw attention to the all-but-forgotten “Colored Burial Grounds” section of Church Street Cemetery.

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

This day in Mohawk Valley history: January 13

Built at a cost of over $100,000, the fully equipped building is dedicated for the benefit of men and women of Little Falls irrespective of creed.

Boussod, Valadon & Cie, Printer, and F. H Kaemmerer. Miss Bicycle. , ca. 1894. Paris: Boussod, Valadon & Co. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2008680998/.

This day in Mohawk Valley history: January 9

This day in Mohawk Valley History from Days of Old recalled by Items Clipped from The Star Files, The Oneonta Star, January 9. 1924.