This day in history: May 31
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Date(s) - 31/05/2024
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1812
From the journal of Rev. James Joyce of the local Concord Society – “Mrs. John Alexander accused Mrs. William Alexander of riding with three men to Herkimer. I was first agitated on hearing this, but I believe there was more impurity in the reproof than in the action.”
1894
“Billy”, the oldest horse in the state, observed his 41st birthday at the Peter A. Staring farm in Little Falls. Mr. Staring, who died last fall, kept a livery stable in the village for many years.
1918
The new city hall, begun in 1916, was formally opened to the public on Decoration Day with 4,000 people visiting the institution. A feature is the stained glass window, the gift of Mayor Zoller, reproducing Profile Rock. David H. Burrell contributed $60,000 toward construction costs.
1922
The new St. Mary’s cemetery, off Small’s Bush Road in East Herkimer, was formally dedicated by Bishop Edmund G. Gibbons of Albany. The lawn cemetery will now be used as a replacement for the old Catholic cemetery on Sherman Street in Little Falls.
2019
A two megawatt, 8,000 panel, AC solar system will be built near the Little Falls Municipal Golf Course and the Casullo housing development. Payments-in-lieu-of-taxes, over a 15 year period, will be divided among the City of Little Falls, Herkimer County, and the Little Falls City School District.
