This day in history: November 17
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Date(s) - 17/11/2025
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1832
At a meeting held at the stone school house, the local Methodist Society was incorporated. There were 88 members and the salary of the pastor was $280 a year.
1854
Edward M. Griffing, editor of the first newspaper published in Little Falls, passed away. Griffing was 23 years of age when he started a weekly newspaper called “The People’s Friend” in 1821. First published at the brick house at the top of Mary Street on Garden Street, it later became known as the “Journal and Courier.”
1896
The imposing monument at the homestead of General Nicholas Herkimer was formally dedicated with appropriate and interesting exercises at the cemetery and the Skinner Opera House by the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of New York and the D.A.R. The 65 foot high obelisk, made from the finest Barre granite, was erected by the State under the direction of Hon. John Vrooman and Hon. Titus Sheard.