Can’t Get Enough of Your Mounties?
Come support your Little Falls Mounties with upcoming sporting events! By clicking the link below, you will be brought directly to the Mountie’s sports schedule where you can see detailed information about what sport is playing and locations and times! Hope to see you there!!…
This Week in History – Week of Dec. 5th
Dec. 5th 1941 Little Falls police and firemen were asking for a 15 percent raise in pay, from $132 per month to $151.80 per month. Dec. 6th 1841 A large number of unoccupied lots in the outpart of the village, formerly owned by Ellice and…
“Beyond Our Bicentennial” for Sale
As the holidays are upon us, the Little Falls Historical Society would like you to consider giving your loved ones and friends a copies of their great book BEYOND OUR BICENTENNIAL as Christmas gifts. One part of the holidays is to “remember when,” and this…
This Week in History – Week of Nov. 28th
Nov. 28th 1891 At Riley’s Hall, at the corner of German (Flint Avenue) and Jefferson streets, a wonderful exhibition of mechanical wonders which every laboring man, especially in Little Falls, should see. A grist mill in operation, blacksmith shop, band playing and other marvelous figures….
This Week in History – Week of Nov. 21st
Nov. 21st 1921 Bootleggers, using three powerful automobiles, made a valuable haul of nearly one hundred cases of wines and liquors, with a monetary worth of $10,000, from the home of L. O. Bucklin on North William Street. 1931 State Highway Commissioner A. W. Brandt…
This Week in History – Week of Nov. 14th
Nov. 15th 1893 The first hospital in Herkimer County opened, with four rooms for patients, in a renovated house at 14 North Ann Street in Little Falls. Mrs. E. B. Waite headed a group of women to form the hospital. Mrs. Jennie Johnson was matron…
This Week in History – Week of Nov. 7th
Nov. 7th 1896 The employees of MacKinnon’s mill received their wages in gold. There is no longer a scarcity of the yellow metal, for there is no object to hoarding it, and all prospect of profit by doing so is dispelled by the election of…
This Week in History – Week of Oct. 31st
Oct. 31st 1825 The flotilla of boats bearing Governor Clinton and party arrived in Little Falls at 10 o’clock in the morning as a part of the grand opening of the Erie Canal. His boat, “Seneca Chief,” was towed across the aqueduct to the basin….
The Pavilion at Paradise Gardens, Gatherings & Gifts Now Available for Reunions or Other Events
The Pavilion at Paradise Gardens, Gatherings and Gifts has nearly completed its recent construction and is currently booking events for the 2023 season. If you have not yet stopped up for a visit to this beautiful venue, we strongly encourage you to take a ride…
This Week in History – Week of Oct. 24th
Oct. 24th 1915 Festivities concluded today with a solemn High Mass to celebrate the formal reopening of St. Mary’s church. The church has undergone extensive modernization highlighted by the installation of the beautiful stained glass windows made at the studios of John Hardman & Company…