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Little Falls, NY

  • This day in history: September 26

    1792

    A meeting was held and eighty- eight subscribers agreed to furnish funds to build an eight sided union church to be known as the Octagon Church. John Porteus donated the land and burial ground for the church as well as twenty pounds. The eight sides of the church denoted that it was intended for all denominations.

    1831

    In a letter entitled “Dear Posterity,” 33 year old Hon. Arphaxed Loomis wrote a letter which was put in the cornerstone of the Presbyterian Church at the corner of Albany and Ann streets. In it he recounts what was happening in the community, then a small village of 1,300 inhabitants when he was village president.

    1910

    “The MacKinnon mills have closed, but there is nothing to worry about” said the Evening Times. Soon later, owner Robert MacKinnon, who was earning $90,000 to $120,000 per year filed for bankruptcy, and then lost $110,000 in Mexican Bonds. He went to work in Livingston’s shirt waist company in Little Falls for $25 a week.  He died here at the home of his sister.

    1930

    Former local south side merchant, Louis Malkoon, and his son, Rocco, were found shot to death, at close range, alongside a road in the Town of Frankfort. State Police believe the slayings were a result of a bootleg war. Some local men were quizzed regarding the crime.

  • 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

    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. 

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    Old-time southsiders Father Dan Lanza and Joe Vespasiano at 2019 South Side Reunion

    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.

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    Little Falls High School class of 1954

    Nostalgia

    October 23, 2024/by Little Falls Historical Society Museum

    Nostalgia becomes a personal emotional experience. In times of stress, nostalgia can provide a retreat, a respite, a way to feel less alone.

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    Charles Young, 1939.Charles Young, 1939.

    Charlie Young: From Undefeated Football Team to Wrestler Revolt–And Beyond

    June 11, 2024/by Little Falls Historical Society Museum

    Known as “Chub” by his family and close friends, Charlie taught and coached at LFHS for over two decades, and left an indelible mark.

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    Milan Mosny

    The Pride of Little Falls

    May 22, 2024/by Little Falls Historical Society Museum

    Every high school class has its outstanding students – the class valedictorian, the star athlete, the naturally-born leader, the most likely to succeed…

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    Railway Express Agency employees Al Munger (on left - Al later became Little Falls fire chief) and Jimmy Fitzgerald (on right) pictured with cages of homing pigeons outside of the company office once housed in the Old Bank Building.Railway Express Agency employees Al Munger (on left - Al later became Little Falls fire chief) and Jimmy Fitzgerald (on right) pictured with cages of homing pigeons outside of the company office once housed in the Old Bank Building.

    The Railway Express Agency and Pigeon Releasing

    April 10, 2024/by Little Falls Historical Society Museum

    Sometimes all it takes is a picture or a story to generate a Historical Society writing series piece. Such is the case with this article.

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    The Entrance to Old St. Mary’s Cemetery | Archangel Gabriel with Trumpet in Alcove of MausoleumThe Entrance to Old St. Mary’s Cemetery | Archangel Gabriel with Trumpet in Alcove of Mausoleum

    A SAILOR AT HEART | THE LIFE STORY OF CHARLES P. BYRON

    March 21, 2024/by Little Falls Historical Society Museum

    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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    Lundstrom corner bookcase on museum displayLundstrom corner bookcase on museum display

    LUNDSTROM BOOKCASE’S LONG JOURNEY HOME

    January 31, 2024/by Little Falls Historical Society Museum

    Lundstrom sectional barrister bookcases are often found in local law offices and private homes,holding sets of law books and personal libraries.

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    2024 HISTORICAL SOCIETY WRITING SERIES DEDICATED TO EDWIN VOGT

    2024 HISTORICAL SOCIETY WRITING SERIES DEDICATED TO EDWIN VOGT

    January 29, 2024/by Little Falls Historical Society Museum

    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.

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    The Bowie Knife

    Mysteries of the Bowie Knife by Ann Schuyler

    November 29, 2023/by Little Falls Historical Society Museum

    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.

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