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Little Falls, NY

  • This day in history: September 2

    1911

    Hundreds of old family keepsakes, unearthed from forgotten nooks and corners, are on display in several store windows along Main Street. Items included a pocketbook used in 1757, an old German bed warmer, a 118 year old spinning wheel, one of the first cameras used in Little Falls, Nicholas Herkimer’s commission appointing him a general in the U. S. army dated September 5, 1776, and a 200 year old Ox yoke.

    1916

    It was hoped that Little Falls would escape the infantile paralysis, but that was not the case. An eight year-old local boy seems to have contacted the disease in Syracuse, and was diagnosed here and has died. Several families in the neighborhood who had been exposed are under a strict quarantine.

    1945

    WW II Era – With V-J Day, World War II is finally over. The formal Japanese surrender ceremony was held in Tokyo Bay aboard the battleship, U.S.S. Missouri. People took to the streets in Little Falls and celebrated. During the war, twenty-eight Little Falls boys served as pilots in the military.

  • Many thanks to Louie Baum for his research for This Day in History.

    ALL EXHIBITS

    • 1912 Little Falls Textile Strike
    • 1940 Gulf Curve Train Wreck
    • 240th Anniversary of the Battles of Stone Arabia and Klock’s Field
    • Athletics Wing Collection
    • Battle of West Canada Creek
    • Camp Jolly Exhibit
    • Church Street Cemetery Tour
    • City Hall – A History
    • Distant Drums – Little Falls during the Civil War Era
    • Early Base Ball in Little Falls
    • Early Little Falls Buildings and Organizations
    • First U.S. Cheese Market Exhibit
    • Frog Fountain
    • Herkimer County Bank
    • Little Falls African American History
    • Little Falls Diamonds Collection
    • Little Falls Music Exhibit
    • Little Falls Waterways
    • Little Falls and Women’s Suffrage
    • Making History Today
    • Making History Today Student Edition
    • Massacre at the Little Falls Grist Mill
    • Myjava, Slovakia, Sister City of Little Falls
    • Native American Exhibit
    • Prohibition Exhibit
    • Rockton Exhibit
    • Urban Renewal Exhibit
    • Vietnam War Exhibit
    • World War II and Korean Conflict Exhibit
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    MAY 24TH PATRIOTS DAY EVENT SUCCESSFUL DESPITE RAIN

    May 27, 2025/by Little Falls Historical Society Museum

    Herkimer Home State Historic Site and the Little Falls Historical Society co-hosted a very successful Patriots Day event on Saturday, May 24, as part of Herkimer Home’s 2025 season-opening, afternoon-long Living History event.

    HISTORICAL SOCIETY DUES HELP FINANCE SIGNS AND HISTORIC MARKERS – PART I OF 2

    May 22, 2025/by Little Falls Historical Society Museum

    The official dedication ceremony for the Little Falls Historic Entry’s historic markers and related signage along East Main Street will take place sometime in early June.

    PATRIOTS DAY EVENT SATURDAY, MAY 24 AT HERKIMER HOME

    May 13, 2025/by Little Falls Historical Society Museum

    The Herkimer Home State Historic Site and the Little Falls Historical Society will co-host a Patriots Day event at Herkimer Home beginning at 1:00 PM on Saturday, May 24.

    Learn More About This Local Historical Society and Museum

    May 1, 2025/by Little Falls Historical Society Museum

    Many of us never think about the fact that we’re living artifacts of history. Usually, we think that we’re not significant enough to count.

    ABRAHAM LINCOLN, LITTLE FALLS AND BEYOND

    April 15, 2025/by Little Falls Historical Society Museum

    2025 marks both the 165th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s 1860 election to the presidency and the 160th anniversary of his April 15th, 1865 assassination.

    Dwight James Baum: The World’s Most Famous Architect from Little Falls

    April 3, 2025/by Little Falls Historical Society Museum

    My grandfather, Dwight James Baum, is undoubtedly Little Falls’ most-famous architect ever and one of its most-famous sons. 

    2024 Annual Report

    February 26, 2025/by Little Falls Historical Society Museum

    View the 2024 Little Falls Historical Society Annual report Including membership, sponsors, online activities, writing series, and more.

    Little Falls’ South Side in the 1930s – 1940s: A Remembrance of Time and Place

    January 21, 2025/by Little Falls Historical Society Museum

    As long as I can remember my father, Joe Vespasiano, loved to share his stories, and he had a lot of material.

    The Little Falls Historical Society hits the ground running in 2025

    January 17, 2025/by Little Falls Historical Society Museum

    We are eagerly anticipating this year’s Writing Series with new historical articles that highlight life in Little Falls.

    Come and enjoy Christmas in Little Falls!

    December 5, 2024/by Little Falls Historical Society Museum

    Plan a visit to the Little Falls Historical Society Museum on your list of fun activities during Christmas in Little Falls at the Old Bank Museum on December 14.

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    • COMMITTEE OF FIVE PRESENTING THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE TO CONGRESS IN 1776.
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