A SAILOR AT HEART | THE LIFE STORY OF CHARLES P. BYRON
The prelude to the life story of Charles P. Byron begins as one walks through the entrance of the Old St. Mary’s Cemetery.
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From the Cooney Archives: This Day in History on March 1, 1896
On March 1, 1896, The hospital, formerly located on North Ann Street, was moved to larger quarters at the Ackerman property at 610 West Monroe Street. Future plans call for the erection of a new building once the hospital association is in shape fiscally.
From the Cooney Archives: This Day in History on February 18, 1926
From the Cooney Archives: THIS DAY IN HISTORY: Did you know … that on February 18, 1926, Johan Ditlev Frederiksen, cheese industry icon, inventor, author, and manager of the Chr. Hansen’s Laboratory in Little Falls and died in Florida? Born and educated in Denmark, Mr. Frederiksen came to Little Falls in 1879. He was very active in the community and helped establish the Pine Crest tuberculosis sanatorium in Salisbury. He will be buried in Church Street Cemetery.”
THE GREAT BICYCLE RELAY RACE OF 1892
The Great Bicycle Relay Race was published in The Saturday Globe. This article has been adapted and added to by Ann Eysaman Schuyler.
From the Cooney Archives: This Day in History
On February 14, 1937, the Old Bakery Oven found as Bellinger Block is razed on North Ann Street. Chief Cooney’s scrapbooks indicate it was in use 70 years ago, when A E Bellinger operated a bakery here.
2023 Annual Report
View the 2022 Little Falls Historical Society Annual report Including membership, sponsors, online activities, writing series, and more.
LUNDSTROM BOOKCASE’S LONG JOURNEY HOME
Lundstrom sectional barrister bookcases are often found in local law offices and private homes,holding sets of law books and personal libraries.
2024 HISTORICAL SOCIETY WRITING SERIES DEDICATED TO EDWIN VOGT
In recent years, the Historical Society has dedicated its annual writing series to three teachers, Harold Templeman, Hector Allen, and Helen Dunteman, and to former city historian, and one of the Historical Society’s founding members, Edward Cooney. The Society’s 2024 writing series is being dedicated to Edwin Vogt.
1822 AQUEDUCT | A BRIDGE FOR BOATS
On December 1, 1853, John Burnham was attempted to cross the aqueduct on the side without rails, slipped on the ice, and fell 20 or 25 feet to his death upon the rocks below.
Mysteries of the Bowie Knife by Ann Schuyler
I sat by the window on the night of September 29th watching the last of four Super Full Moons when random memories ran through my mind.