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Little Falls, NY

  • This day in history: October 5

    2002

    At a ceremony at Benton’s Landing, New York State Canal Corporation, federal, county, and local dignitaries lauded the start-up of the new boat tour service in Little Falls. Captain Tom Ryan will offer the cruises. Mayor Ted Wind commented that about 1,200 people have taken the boat tour thus far.

    • Many thanks to Louie Baum for his research for This Day in History.

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    Little Falls 2024 Cheese Festival: October 5th, 10 Little Falls 2024 Cheese Festival: October 5th, 10 AM - 5 PM. The Old Stone Bank Museum will be open for FREE tours on Saturday from 10 AM - 5 PM. Come Celebrate Cheese Fest Saturday with us - Little Falls is Where History Lives ‼️ 🧀The Little Falls Historical Society will have a guest speaker, Julia Yardley, conducting a presentation🧀 on the History of the Cheese Market 🧀which will take place on the porch at the museum at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, October 5th. 🧀FREE OFF-SITE PROGRAMS & ACTIVITIES to Enjoy - Just a CLICK away from engaging in the HISTORY OF LITTLE FALLS 🧀Experience the history of the Cheese Market at Little Falls through our virtual exhibit, "The First U.S. Cheese Market," which can be found at: https://littlefallshistoricalsociety.org/.../first-u-s.../ 🧀Check out the AUDIO TOURS OF HISTORIC PLACES IN LITTLE FALLS created by students of the SUNY Oneonta Cooperstown Graduate Program, which can be found at: https://littlefallshistoricalsociety.org/audio-tours/ 🧀Download the HISTORIC HOMES WALKING / DRIVING TOUR, which can be found at: https://littlefallshistoricalsociety.org/historic-homes.../ 🧀Check out the CHURCH STREET CEMETERY TOUR, which can be found at: https://littlefallshistoricalsociety.org/.../Church-St... Visit Rotary Park Marina to view the multi-paneled MAGNIFICENT MILE: PORTAGE TO PRESENT-- a FREE educational waterways exhibit. 🧀Tour the City of Little Falls and see how many HISTORICAL MARKERS that you can find ⁉️ 🧀To continue reading this article in its entirety, please go to the link in the Little Falls History Profile: The expanded article can be found on The Little Falls Historical Society Museum's Facebook page- Enjoy ‼ #littlefallshistory #nyhistory #littlefallsny #mohawkvalleyhistory #nyhistoricalsociety #historicnewyork #historylovers #upstateny #thisisupstateny #herkimercountyhistory
    The Little Falls Historical Society will have a gu The Little Falls Historical Society will have a guest speaker, Julia Yardley, conducting a presentation on the🧀 History of the Cheese Market 🧀which will take place on the porch at the museum at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, October 5th. Hope to see you there ‼️🧀
    🧀The 2024 Little Falls Cheese Festival will tak 🧀The 2024 Little Falls Cheese Festival will take place this Saturday, October 5th, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.🧀 The Little Falls Historical Society would like to share the history of the Little Falls Cheese Market by highlighting the article "THE STACEY BROTHERS: CHEESE AND SLIPPERS." IRVING E. STACEY Irving Stacey's father, Jacob, was an 1845 Swiss immigrant who worked as a truck driver, while his mother, Araustena Hahn, was an 1841 German immigrant. Jacob and Araustena married in Dutchtown, New York, the present-day Township of Minden, and had three sons who reached adulthood: Frank, born in 1864; Irving, born in 1870; and Henry, who resided in Chicago, Illinois. At sixteen, Irving and his family left Minden for Little Falls, where they purchased a house at 63 Salisbury Street. Erving married Anna C. Loucks on 11 November 1885. They had two daughters, Edith May in 1887 and Edna Irene in 1889. According to George Anson Harding … ‘Stacey, Irving E., Little Falls, cheese broker, is a native of Little Falls and began business as a clerk in 1880, at the age of sixteen, in the office of Landt & Mesick at Little Falls. After two years, he was given a percentage in the business and became a partner within the company at the end of four years.” The firm of Landt & Mesick was discontinued in 1889, which inspired Erving to embark on business for himself ... 🧀To continue reading this article in its entirety, please go to the link in the Little Falls History Profile: The expanded article can be found on The Little Falls Historical Society Museum's Facebook page- Enjoy ‼ Photo: Stacey Cheese Co. | 1899 Cheese Industry Ephemera #littlefallshistory #nyhistory #littlefallsny #mohawkvalleyhistory #nyhistoricalsociety #historicnewyork #historylovers #upstateny #thisisupstateny #herkimercountyhistory
    🧀Little Falls 2024 Cheese Festival: This Saturd 🧀Little Falls 2024 Cheese Festival: This Saturday, October 5th 🧀In anticipation of the Cheese Festival, the Little Falls Historical Society would like to share some of the history of the Cheese Market at Little Falls by highlighting "XERXES WILLARD: THE MAN BEHIND LITTLE FALLS BECOMING KNOWN AS THE CHEESE CAPITAL OF THE UNITED STATES" XERXES' EARLY YEARS Xerxes Addison Willard was born in Eatonville, Herkimer County, New York, in 1820. His father was Dr. Nathan Sylvester Willard, Sr, born at Saybrook, Conn, in 1788 and died September 29, 1827, at Little Falls. Dr. Willard could trace his family's ancestry to Colonel Simon Willard, an English Puritan who settled in Boston in 1634. Xerxes' mother was Mary Wharry, who died at Little Falls on February 11, 1843, and was the daughter of Judge Evans and Phebe Belknap Wharry of Eatonville, NY. Xerxes’ parents, Nathan and Mary, married on September 27, 1813, and had four children: Charlotte, Nathan Sylvester, Jr, Mary S, and Guliema Belknap. XERXES'S EDUCATION Xerxes studied law ... 🧀To continue reading this article in its entirety, please go to the link in the Little Falls History Profile: The expanded article can be found on The Little Falls Historical Society Museum's Facebook page- Enjoy ‼ 🧀Photo: The Evan's House | Circa 1890s | Home of “The American Dairymen’s Association- Dairy Board of Trade '' in 1871 | Present-day location of the Valley Cinema, Corner of NY State Route 5 and South Ann Street, Little Falls, New York #littlefallshistory #nyhistory #littlefallsny #mohawkvalleyhistory #nyhistoricalsociety #historicnewyork #historylovers #upstateny #thisisupstateny #herkimercountyhistory
    From the Cooney Archives: THIS DAY IN HISTORY …” On September 15, 1885, one of the oldest and most honored citizens of Little Falls, Judge Arphaxed Loomis, passed away. Born in 1798 in Connecticut, he moved to Salisbury as a young boy in 1803. Long prominent in local affairs, he ranked among the foremost men in the State and was an acknowledged leader in shaping its course as the Empire State. Arphaxed Loomis is remembered most for his successful efforts in forcing the Ellice Estate to sell their holdings in Little Falls. He was village president (1831-1836,) County Judge, a member of the NYS Assembly, and a member of Congress. He built his home at 676 East Main Street in 1832.” THE LIFE STORY OF ARPHAXED LOOMIS LOOMIS’ ANCESTRAL LINEAGE Arphaxed Loomis’ American ancestral lineage begins with patriarch Joseph Loomis, a woolen draper who purchased and sold cloth goods in Braintree, Essex, England. Joseph immigrated to North America aboard the sailing ship the Susan & Ellen during the “Great Puritan Migration” to the Massachusetts Bay Colony. He entered the United States at Boston, Massachusetts, on July 17, 1638. Joseph spent his first winter in America with his wife, Mary, and their eight children in nearby Dorchester. By 1640, Joseph and his family had become part of a settlement at Windsor, Connecticut, where he had been given twenty-one acres of land to cultivate as his own. In the early 1640s, he built the ancestral Loomis home, which still stands today on the grounds of the Loomis Chaffey Institute, charted in 1874 as a coeducational college preparatory boarding school. The property, enlarged by Joseph to include three hundred acres by the time of his death on November 25, 1658, has continuously been in the possession of a Loomis family member ... 💰🐎To continue reading this article in its entirety, please go to the link in the Little Falls History Profile: The expanded article can be found on The Little Falls Historical Society Museum's Facebook page- Enjoy ‼ 💰🐎Photo: The Loomis-Burrell-Fisher Mansion | 676 East Main Street, Little Falls, New York
    From the Cooney Archives: THIS DAY IN HISTORY …” On September 8, 1922, Leon Dussault’s Orchestra and a group of local people under the auspices of the American Legion broadcast from WGY in Schenectady. There were so few radios in Little Falls that groups gathered at places such as the Y.W.C.A. to listen.” The Little Falls Historical Society would like to highlight the 2017 WRITING SERIES article “A TRIBUTE TO LEON DUSSAULT AND THE LITTLE FALLS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA” by David Chickering. It was past my bedtime on this Monday night as I write this and I am reminded of Monday evenings, long ago now, in the old Little Falls High School auditorium where the Little Falls Symphony Orchestra would rehearse. It was always a big deal to me as a high school kid. Mr. Leon Dussault invited me to become involved when I was quite young, perhaps too young. But, Mr. Dussault seemed to know that it was the right thing, and I didn’t argue. I was absolutely thrilled to be part of the Little Falls Symphony Orchestra! The cello section was filled with the best people from the Mohawk Valley. Mr. Dussault led the section with Mrs. Ackerman next to him. Mrs. Margaret Chase was there (her husband Mr. Austin Chase was principal violist), along with Frances Riley from Herkimer. Joe Brin and possibly Joe Quatrini had preceded me. Mr. Dussault attracted the best people from all over the area. Those who weren’t quite sure were cajoled and persuaded until they became sold on the idea that a long drive on a wintry Monday night was just what they needed in their musical lives. Long after Mr. Dussault passed on ... 🎶To continue reading this article in its entirety, please go to the link in the Little Falls History Profile: The expanded article can be found on The Little Falls Historical Society Museum's Facebook page- Enjoy ‼
    News Release: LITTLE FALLS HISTORIC ENTRY SIGNAGE News Release: LITTLE FALLS HISTORIC ENTRY SIGNAGE NOW IN PLACE Over five years in the planning and execution stage, the Little Falls Historic Entry is now a physical reality. The project represents a multi-year collaboration between city government and the Little Falls Historical Society with an assist from the NYS Department of Transportation. The virtual version of the Little Falls Historic Entry has existed for over a year on the Little Falls Historical Society’s website., which can be viewed at: https://littlefallshistoricalsociety.org/little-falls.../ (The Historic Entry sites are marked in purple on the interactive map) Benton Hall Academy, St. Mary’s Church complex, the Richard Ray Ward house, Little Falls Public Library, the Loomis Burrell home, Little Falls City Hall, the Little Falls Old Bank Building Museum, and the African American Burial Grounds section of Church Street Cemetery are all highlighted as part of this historic entry. The purpose of the HISTORIC ENTRY sign on Route 5 east of the city is to encourage more westbound traffic 🚗🚗onto East Main Street ... 🚗To continue reading this article in its entirety, please go to the link in the Little Falls History Profile: The expanded article can be found on The Little Falls Historical Society Museum's Facebook page- Enjoy ‼
    From the Cooney Archives: THIS DAY IN HISTORY …” On September 5, 1882, our Board of Education leased a part of the old storehouse adjoining Timmerman’s coal yard for a schoolhouse for the south side. The end next to the canal will be occupied, and it is being fitted up and furnished with seats taken from the brick schoolhouse.” 🔔HISTORY OF SCHOOLS AT LITTLE FALLS THE OLD STONE SCHOOLHOUSE Following the Revolutionary War, the need for a school became apparent as the resettlement at the Little Carrying Place grew into a village, becoming Little Falls. In 1796, a wooden schoolhouse was built on the lot of the Old Stone Schoolhouse at 15 Church Street, then known as “the road to Newport." Since a yearly tuition was imposed, only children of well-to-do parents attended this school. The students were called to class by the sound of a horn blown by the first documented schoolteacher, Elijah Case. Case also taught music classes along with the three R’s. Case also led the Little Falls Brass Band, which became known in later years as the Military Band, in their first documented public appearance. They performed on the Aqueduct on October 31, 1825, receiving Governor Clinton’s flotilla parade at the grand opening of the Erie Canal at Little Falls. Church services were held at this school during the cold months because the only church within the village, the Octagon Church, was very difficult to heat. Also, public meetings and elections were held at this schoolhouse. Little Falls received its Charter to be incorporated as a village at the school in 1811, as it was erected out of the Township of Herkimer, New York. On January 8, 1814, a resolution was passed to replace the derelict wooden schoolhouse with a two-story structure out of limestone quarried locally ... 🔔To continue reading this article in its entirety, please go to the link in the Little Falls History Profile: The expanded article can be found on The Little Falls Historical Society Museum's Facebook page- Enjoy ‼ 🔔Photo: The Old Stone School House at 15 Church Street, Little Falls, New York #littlefallshistory #nyhistoricalsociety #mohawkvalleyhistory
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