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 (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.
Recollections by Allen Kazmerski from the Little Falls Historical Society 2023 Writing Series dedicated to Edward J. Cooney.
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.
On Saturday May 20, the twelfth annual Patriots Day ceremony was held at historic Yellow Church Cemetery in Manheim.
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.
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.
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.
The Little Falls Alerts, a vintage base ball team, is looking for players to continue building on the success of the past two years.
The Little Falls Historical Society will partner with the Yellow Church Cemetery Association to host a Patriots Day observance at their historic site beginning at 11:00 AM on Saturday May 20. The rain date is Sunday May 21 at the same time. The event is free and open to the public.