Mrs. Hassam in the Garden (1896), Childe Hassam (1859-1935). Oil on canvas. Collection of Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown, New York. Gift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw Charitable Trust N0017.2023. Photograph by Richard Walker.
Slums in the Wilderness
This week’s The Wampum Chronicles, Darren Bonaparte continues with “In the Shadow of Serpents: Slums in the Wilderness”
Palatines and Presents: A German Christmas
This year’s event will be held on Sunday, December 8th from 3:00-6:00 p.m. Standard site admission of $4 for adults and $3 for students/seniors; children 12 and under are free.
Home of David G. Hackney and his family.THREE CENTURIES OF ARCHITECTURAL STYLES IN FORT PLAIN
Traveling through the Village of Fort Plain one notices that there are many homes reflecting over three centuries of architectural styles of our forebears.
Trials and Tribulations of the Early 1800’s
This week’s The Wampum Chronicles, Darren Bonaparte continues with “In the Shadow of Serpents: Trials and Tribulations of the Early 1800’s.”
33rd Annual Christmas Open House at The Rice Homestead
The Mayfield Historical Society’s 33rd Annual Christmas Open House at The Rice Homestead will take place on Saturday, December 7th, from noon to 4 p.m.
Calling All Playwrights, Poets, and Prose-Smiths! Fenimore Art Museum Opens Submissions For Its 2025 Winter Performing Arts Series
Fenimore Art Museum’s Glimmer Globe Theatre is pleased to announce its 2025 NEXT! Readings of New Works by Regional Playwrights and Write Out Loud performances, both planned to take place at the museum early next year.
The Seven Nations Grand Council of 1799
In this week’s The Wampum Chronicles, Darren Bonaparte continues with The Seven Nations Grand Council of 1799.
Photo by Sarah RogersHerkimer Home State Historic Site
The General Herkimer Home is located in Little Falls, NY, and offers visitors a glimpse into the late 1700s Georgian architecture.
Dr. D. Willard Bliss summons Alexander Bell to use his induction-balance device to locate the assassin's bullet, which is something of a metal detector device; unbeknownst to them all, is that Garfield's mattress was lying on top of metal springs, which were uncommon at that time. After 80 days of suffering, he died from infection from the gunshot wound. The D. in the Dr. Bliss' name stands for Doctor, given as his first name at birth.Garfield’s whistle stop – 1880 by Mat Rapacz
In the presidential election of 1880, — General James A. Garfield, Republican nominee for president, brought his campaign to Little Falls on August 4 with a “whistle stop” on the New York Central.