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Little Falls, NY

This day in history: July 14

1864

The prolongation of the Civil War necessitated replenishing the Union ranks, and volunteers weren’t numerous or enthusiastic. Major Zenas Priest, county supervisor from Little Falls village, proposed that the county offer a “bounty” of $300 to each man joining the colors.

1896

The Bicycle Club, Rifle Corps, and the Union Guards joined together and incorporated as the Athletic Association of Little Falls. Dues will be used to equip the gymnasium and drill hall.

1905

The Sheard’s Park bandstand on Furnace Street is now open.

1911

A boulder weighing two tons has been drawn to the site of the old Octagon church, on Church Street, and will be fitted up as a marker. The D. A. R. will dedicate the marker during centennial week in September.

1914

The aldermen have started the proceedings to condemn the property at the corner of Main and William streets, owned by Dr. D.H. Rowe, as a site for its $100,000 city hall. Dr. Rowe uses the property for a barn and a hospital for the care of animals.

1915

New York State Comptroller Travis, after a review of the 1914 fiscal year for Little Falls, has deemed the city government to be confused and in a “chaotic condition.” Three incidents that have occurred are permitting friendship to intervene in the matter of enforcing the law, significant friction between city departments, and motives of personal revenge.

1931

Birger Lundstrom is branching out in the business world. What started out as a joke, selling hotdogs and ice cream from a floating dispensary on Ingham Lake (Keyser Lake), has turned into a profitable business. His enterprise has been well received by the flocks of bathers and campers who congregate there.

1952

Employees of industrial plants in Little Falls were being asked to volunteer to be observers for the local aircraft warning post atop Hotel Snyder. Forty observers were needed.

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

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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
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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
Writing Series

THE GREAT BICYCLE RELAY RACE OF 1892

February 15, 2024/by Little Falls Historical Society Museum

The Great Bicycle Relay Race was published in The Saturday Globe. This article has been adapted and added to by Ann Eysaman Schuyler.

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