News - Little Falls Historical Society Museum

Civil War Burial Section of Fairview Cemetery outside Little Falls

LOCAL AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY REFLECTED STATE AND NATIONAL EVENTS

July 19, 2023/by Little Falls Historical Society Museum

The primary purpose of this piece of writing is to chronicle a history of African American presence in Little Falls from the time of slavery up to the 2015 dedication of a monument in Little Falls Church Street Cemetery recognizing what was once known as the “Colored Burial Ground.”

The Underground Railroad In And Around Little Falls

July 13, 2023/by Little Falls Historical Society Museum

The Underground Railroad (URR) was a loosely organized network of people, (men and women, African American and white,) dedicated to helping people escape from bondage in the slave-holding states of the South to freedom in the antislavery states of the North and ultimately to Canada in the period before the Civil War.

MEMORIAL SERVICE NOTICE FOR ARTHUR WITHINGTON

July 6, 2023/by Little Falls Historical Society Museum

There will be a Memorial Service for former Little Falls native Annette (Eysaman) Withington’s husband, Arthur, on July 22, 2023, 11am, at the Cornerstone Plymouth Bethesda Church in Utica.

The Main Street in Little Falls, N.Y. , circa 1955 -1965

June 30, 2023/by Little Falls Historical Society Museum

My father told the story, many times, of how when he was a little boy, his mother had to hold his hand tightly when they made their way downtown to do their shopping on Main Street in Little Falls.

New York State historic marker nearby Yellow Church Cemetery.

Patriots Day at Yellow Church Cemetery

May 24, 2023/by Little Falls Historical Society Museum

On Saturday May 20, the twelfth annual Patriots Day ceremony was held at historic Yellow Church Cemetery in Manheim. The well-attended event was co-sponsored by the Manheim Lutheran Church Association and the Little Falls Historical Society.