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This Day in History – Oct. 2024
Oct. 1st 1875 The Merchants’ and Farmers Bank is doing business at the Banking House on Main Street in Little Falls. Banking hours included Saturday evenings from 6:30 to 8:00 P.M. 1883 Large crowds lined up to purchase tickets for the first passenger train to…
This Day in History – Sept. 2024
Sept. 1st 1821 A company of Indian chiefs passed through the village on their way to New York City to take part in a conference with the whites. They stayed at the MacKinister Tavern and attracted a great deal of attention. 1872 Belle Boyd, the…
This Day in History – August 2024
Aug. 1st 1836 Regular passenger train service on a single track of the Schenectady – Utica division of the Mohawk & Hudson Railroad was inaugurated in Little Falls and the Mohawk Valley. Construction and freight trains had been running for some time. The first Mohawk…
This Day in History – July, 2024
July 3rd 1866 A fire at 2 o’clock in the morning at the Hinchman House Barn on Albany street caused $54,000 in damages. Valuable furnishings, goods and property were removed from the hotel and adjoining stores by the firemen. The whole corner of Main…
This Day in History – May, 2024
May 1st 1846 S. F. Bennet, begs leave to inform the citizens of Little Falls and vicinity, that he is now receiving a very extensive stock of Books and Stationary, cheap Literature, Toys and Fancy Goods, Looking Glasses, Hard Ware, Woolen Ware, and every description…
This Day in History – April, 2024
Apr. 1st 1913 The water in the Mohawk River is believed to have been the highest since the great flood of 1865. John Stark, official water gauger for the city, reports a depth of 11 feet, 4 inches at the gauge located directly west of…
This Day in History – March, 2024
Mar. 1st 1814 At a meeting, residents of Little Falls gave their consent and professed a desire to erect a library in the village. 1839 Richard Ray Ward transferred land to Nicholas Devereaux for a Catholic cemetery in Little Falls. Note: The one-half acre of…
This Day in History – February
Feb. 1st 1892 The first electric lights were turned on at 7:46 PM, “illumed the streets of the village”, with the Electric Committee having the honor of throwing the switch. The Thompson-Houston system has 83 lights with several more to be added. Little Falls’ citizens…
This Day in History – January
Jan. 2nd 1874 General Z. C. Priest informs us that during the past ten years, there have passed over this division of the N. Y. Central Railroad, 5,700,000 cars, or an average of one every minute during that long time. Jan. 3rd 1913 The three…
This Month in History – December 2023
Dec. 2nd 1873 Architect and builder William Metcalf made a critical examination of the condition of the brick St. Mary’s church and declares it to be unsafe. He indicated that he has never seen such a flimsy job in all his experience. Built by Amsterdam…
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