This day in history: October 15
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Date(s) - 15/10/2023
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1841
A Little Falls newspaper described the work being undertaken in the village as ”There is a splendid public works going on, along the Grand Erie, turning the channel of the Mohawk from its ancient course and bidding its waters seek a new passage to make way for the splendid double locks of the enlargement.”
1868
General James Garfield, a future president of the United States (1881), stopped in Little Falls to visit his friend Seth Richmond. A few years later, when taken ill while traveling on a New York Central train, he spent several days with his friend at the Richmond house at 546–548 East John Street, as there no hospital in Little Falls at that time.
1895
People crowded the Skinner Opera House to see Maude Hillman and her
1918
Word has been received that Albert Flint has died as a result of wounds received while fighting somewhere in France. German Street, on the south side, was renamed to Flint Avenue in his honor.
1934
A long familiar landmark, the A. M. E. Zion church at 222 West Main Street, is being torn down. The church, which served the colored community, was established in 1889. The number of colored people remaining in the city could be counted on one hand.