Herkimer County Historical Society Hosts Murder Mystery Dinner and Sizzling Grill Raffle
The Herkimer County Historical Society is turning up the heat this spring with two thrilling events that promise suspense, excitement, and a dash of fun!
Otsego Herald or Western Advertiser, April 20, 1797, Cooperstown
Mohawk Valley History: Excerpts from the Otsego Herald or Western Advertiser, April 20, 1797, from Cooperstown, New York.
1906 San Francisco Earthquake reported in Johnstown, April 18, 1906
The Johnstown Daily Republican reports on the San Francisco, Cal., April 18, 1906, earthquake that has dealt the city a staggering blow.
Discover yourself at your local library
We are each living links between the past and the future. Our ancestors thought of us as symbols of potential, as their legacy carried on.
Abraham Lincoln, Little Falls and Beyond
2025 marks both the 165th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s 1860 election to the presidency and the 160th anniversary of his April 15th, 1865 assassination.
Mayfield Historical Society Presents “Fashion in the Age of the Suffragists”
The Mayfield Historical Society will host Fulton County Historian Samantha Hall-Saladino and Johnstown Historical Society Board President and vintage fashion enthusiast and boutique owner Jessica Henry McClements as they present “Fashion inn the Age of the Suffragists.”
This day in Mohawk Valley History: April 12
“THE FRANCHISE WAS RATIFIED. STREET CAR COMPANY AT LITTLE FALLS.” Headline from April 12, 1902, The Utica Observer.
Sugaring set up at mansion. Photo provided by the Herkimer Home State Historic Site.Sugaring Off at Herkimer Home this Saturday
Return To Sugar Bush, Sugaring Off” at Herkimer Home State Historic Site from 10:00 a.m until 4:00 p.m. on Saturday April 12th, 2025.
Susan Fenimore Cooper depicted with her father in the lower left. Samuel Finley Breese Morse, Public domain, via Wikimedia CommonsFenimore Art Museum Presents a Virtual Lecture on Susan Fenimore Cooper’sComing of Age in Europe
Join noted scholar Rochelle L. Johnson for a lecture exploringSusan Fenimore Cooper’s coming of age in Europe and how it kindled her environmental understanding of New World landscapes.
See Performances of Local Writing at Fenimore Art Museum
Writers and actors take the stage offering a variety of poetry, prose, short fiction, and more on April 26.