This day in history: February 3
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Date(s) - 03/02/2035
12:00 am - 11:59 pm
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1820
Revolutionary War hero, Major Andrew Finck , who served at Saratoga, Valley Forge, Johnstown, New Jersey, and Canada, passed away today at age 69. He was proprietor of the tavern at Finck’s Ford on the Mohawk River.
1831
Produce brought to Little Falls (1,200 inhabitants) and sent to market is principally cheese, clover-seed, barley, oats, potatoes, and salt with an estimated value of $200,000. The village contains 9 dry good stores, 5 store houses, 1 distillery (uses 2,200 bushels of rye and corn,) 3 paper mills, 2 iron foundries, 2 fulling mills, 1 brewery, and 3 malt houses.
1877
The Hinchman House, on Main Street, the premier hotel in Little Falls, was destroyed by a fire of unknown origin. Also destroyed were Oppel’s Jewelry Store and Vosburgh’s Boot & Shoe Store. Losses exceed $50,000.
1890
The mortality rate in New York State for the month of January was the highest ever recorded. Little Falls ranked second in the state with a death rate of 43.76 deaths per 1000 people. The worldwide flu pandemic killed over one million people. (Note: The population of Little Falls in 1890 was 8,783.
1902
As a result of a severe blizzard, Robert MacKinnon sent teams for his female operatives who lived a distance from the mills and were unable to get out. He provided them with dinner at the mill and had them conveyed home at night.
1903
The Hoffman Paper Company was incorporated and a mill was built near the end of West Main Street. When the company failed in 1913, Charles Burrows reorganized the business as Burrows Paper Company.
1904
The Dudley Burwell Trust Fund amounting to nearly $17,000 has been turned over to the city with the death of William G. Milligan, trustee of the Burwell estate. The money is to be used for the care and maintenance of the grounds known as “Moreland Park” for use by the people of Little Falls.
1927
Chief James Long, in his report for January, indicated that forty-four arrests were made including those for public intoxication, assault, and second degree grand larceny. Other arrests were for disorderly conduct, rape, and running a disorderly house, all of these in connection with the vice expose in the city.