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This Week in History – Week of Sept. 19th
Sep. 19th 1850 Sanders Lansing, who came to Little Falls as a representative for the Ellice Estate, passed away today. County Judge from 1821 to 1828 he built the house at 22 Church Street in 1826. 1998 A special reunion was held to commemorate the…
This Week in History – Week of Sept. 12th
Sep. 12th 1839 President Martin Van Buren arrived in Little Falls in a barouche drawn by four white horses to the applause and cheering of a large crowd of citizens. After a speech and festivities, Van Buren spent the evening at the Lansing residence at…
This Week in History – Week of Sept. 5th
Sep. 5th 1882 Our Board of Education has leased a part of the old store-house adjoining Timmerman’s coal yard for a school house for the south side. The end next to the canal will be occupied, and it is being fitted up and furnished with…
This Week in History – Week of Aug. 29th
Aug. 29th 1867 The Rough & Ready base ball club of this village, and the Valley Club of Canajoharie played a “friendly” match at Canajoharie with the locals winning 45 to 11. A little bad blood was manifested once or twice during the contest. One…
This Week in History – Week of Aug. 22nd
Aug. 22nd 1882 Barnum & London Shows rolled into Little Falls featuring “Jumbo” the massive elephant, 3 circuses in 3 rings, 2 enormous menageries, and the 7 largest shows on Earth. The shows were viewed in two huge tents. 1893 The steam launch, formerly called…
This Week in History – Week of Aug. 15th
Aug. 15th 1887 Thirty mailboxes were strategically located around the village to facilitate mailing letters. The more remote locations had two or three pickups daily, while boxes placed along the main streets had pickups each day at 6:30 am, 9.00 am, 10:10 am, 11:10 am,…
This Week in History – Week of Aug. 8th
Aug. 8th 1869 The new brick St. Mary’s church on Petrie Street was dedicated by Bishop Lynch, with an open air Mass. Within a few years, the church was condemned as being structurally unsound and had to be abandoned. The bricks were used to build…
This Week in History – Week of Aug. 1st
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 Week in History – Week of July 25th
Jul 25th 1923 Governor Alfred E. Smith made a brief stop in Little Falls, and strolled into the City Hall to renew his friendship with the mayor and other city officials who were at the time attending a meeting of the Grade Crossing Commission. “Hello…
This Week in History – Week of July 18th
Jul 18th 1908 20,000 people came from all over to visit the camp of U. S. Army cavalrymen located on the outskirts of Little Falls. The group from Fort Ethan Allen in Vermont, on their way to Pine Camp near Watertown, consisted of 450…
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