Old School House Audio Tour

The Old School House Audio Tour by Mary Zell Galen. Narrated by Anna Rutenbeck, Cooperstown Museum Studies Graduate Program, SUNY Oneonta, Class of 2021.

Little Falls Grist Mill Attack historic marker | Little Falls Historical Society Museum

Attack on Petrie Gristmill Audio Tour

Attack on Petrie Gristmill Audio Tour by Robin Cochrane. Narrated by Anna Rutenbeck, Cooperstown Museum Studies Graduate Program, SUNY Oneonta, Class of 2021.

Grist Mill Attack Historic Marker in Little Falls, New York.

Petrie Gristmill Audio Tour

The Petrie Gristmill Audio Tour by Robin Cochrane. Narrated by Anna Rutenbeck, Cooperstown Museum Studies Graduate Program, SUNY Oneonta, Class of 2021.

Church Street Cemetery Vault | Little Falls Historical Society Museum

Church Street Cemetery Audio Tour

The Church Street Cemetery Audio Tour by Anna Rutenbeck. Narrated by Anna Rutenbeck, Cooperstown Museum Studies Graduate Program, SUNY Oneonta, Class of 2021.

Octagon Church oil painting by Gwen Lee | Little Falls Historical Society Museum_-3

Octagon Church & Burying Ground Audio Tour

The Octagon Church Site and Burying Ground Audio Tour written and narrated by Anna Rutenbeck, Cooperstown Museum Studies Graduate Program, SUNY Oneonta, Class of 2021.

A view of the building as it appeared prior to scheduled demolition.

The Old Bank Building Survives and Thrives by Pat Frezza-Gressler

The wisdom of historic preservation has not always been a given. The desire by some to preserve old buildings and places is at times pitted against those who would rather “start over” with new construction.

2021 Annual Report

View the 2021 Little Falls Historical Society Annual report Including elections, membership, sponsors, online activities, writing series, and more.

View of the Mohawk Valley looking south towards Little Falls, NY.

Palatine Germans in Search of a Land to Call Home by Ginny Rogers

January 17, 2022 marks the 300th anniversary of the Burnetsfield Patent. 

The earliest European settlers in the Mohawk Valley came from what is now southwest Germany. Under near constant threat of destruction, whether from multiple wars, invasions, or the plague, in the near hundred years leading up to the 18th century, the southwest German population experienced extreme hardship.

Helen Dunteman

MISS HELEN DUNTEMAN

Helen Dunteman was a highly respected social studies teacher in the Little Falls school district for many years, retiring in 1962. Helen was both a lifelong Little Falls resident and a graduate of Oneonta State Normal School. She passed away in 1984.