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.
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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.”
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.
On MAY 9, 1892 in the “The Jewelers Weekly”
On MAY 9, 1892, “The Jewelers Weekly” mentioned J. H. H. Vosburgh’s remarkable collection of quartz crystals.