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Yearbook Digitization Project Update
We are fast approaching the summer time and most of our reunions this year are being held in conjunction with Canal Days. One of the favorite things to do is to catch up with our old friends and acquaintances, and to peruse through our yearbooks!…
This Week in History – Week of July 4th
Jul 4th 1825 At the fourth of July parade in the village, there were many veterans of the War of 1812 and a few from the Revolutionary War. Also in the line of march were Captain George Petrie’s Rifle Corps and the Newport Band. 1865…
This Week in History – Week of June 27th
Jun 27th 1902 At the request of the Fire & Police Board, Little Falls now has a fully paid fire department, and soon all evidence of a volunteer fire department will be obliterated. Within a few months the much-beset taxpayers were grumbling as the city…
This Week in History – Week of June 20th
Jun 20th 1866 Boys playing with matches set fire to the wooden framed St. Mary’s church, the first Catholic church building in Little Falls, which had been constructed in 1847. The loss amounted to ten thousand dollars. Services were held in Keller Hall until a…
This Week in History – Week of June 13th
Jun 13th 1863 It was a big day in Little Falls when veterans of the 34th returned from the War. All the buildings were decorated and people came into town on horseback and in wagons for the big parade. At 11:00 a.m. the trained puffed…
Little Falls Historical Society Releases “Beyond our Bicentennial”
About the book BEYOND OUR BICENTENNIAL is a compilation of seventy-seven articles authored by thirty-nine different Little Falls residents past and present. The book is dedicated to two groups of individuals, the founding members of the Historical Society and all Little Falls military veterans. The…
This Week in History – Week of June 6th
Jun 6th 1926 One- hundred families of the National Catholic Polish Church, under the name of “Holy Spirit” parish, gathered for worship at the African Methodist-Episcopal Church on West Main Street. The local congregation was formerly affiliated with the Polish Roman Catholic Church on Furnace…
This Week in History – Week of May 30th
May 30th 1755 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. Much of the land today is still being farmed by…
Little Falls Community Outreach & Rainbow Club = PRIDE 2022
PRIDE STRIDE SK & 1/2 MILE KIDS RUN Advanced registration required9AM – SK race I 9:45AM – Kids runAdults $25 I 16 & under $5 I Kids run free PRIDE CELEBRATION 10AM-4PM at Burke Park Music, food & fun PRIDE PROM 6:30PM – 10PM at…
SMA Class of 1952 70th reunion – let’s ZOOM
Members of SMA class of 1952 Let’s have a 70th Reunion via ZOOM JUNE 16, 2022 , 5 PM EDT REPLY TO RICHARD BUCKLEY, hatcock7@gmail.com
This Week in History – Week of May 23rd
May 23rd 1883 The State sold the basin, bounded by South Ann and East Mill streets, (Clinton Park) to the village for one dollar. The basin had used the Inland Canal as a feeder, and was connected to the Erie Canal via the Aqueduct so…