This day in history: March 17
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Date(s) - 17/03/2035
12:00 am - 11:59 pm
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1841
The Roman Catholic “Father Matthew Total Abstinence Society”, lately organized in our village, held their services on St. Patrick’s Day at the Octagon Church under the direction of the Rev. J. Burke.
1865
After a huge storm, the Mohawk River rose fifteen feet in a few hours and flowed over the stone bridge at the foot of Ann Street. Mill Street, between Ann and Elizabeth streets, was submerged to the depth of three feet. The bridge at Fink’s Basin was swept away.
1896
The old limestone sidewalks in the city are most of them so smooth that they are a constant source of danger to pedestrians. It costs but little to have them roughed by a stonecutter, and it ought to be done.
1916
Little Falls had a St. Patrick’s Day surprise with the largest winter storm to occur in many years, The highways and the Dolgeville railroad were blocked and to make things worse the temperature dropped to -12F in parts of the city.
1926
Charles King, the last president of the village of Little Falls and the first mayor of the city of Little Falls, died at his home in Boston after a brief illness. Mr. King was the well-known owner, with his father, of the Saxony Knitting Mill.