Little Falls Historical Society Museum Events

  • This day in history: July 25

    1952

    Restante’s Dairy Bar at 87 Flint Avenue advertised “a new taste thrill,” their own spumoni ice cream.

    1923

    Governor Alfred E. Smith made a brief stop in Little Falls, and strolled into the City Hall to renew his friendship with the mayor and other city officials who were at the time attending a meeting of the Grade Crossing Commission. “Hello fellows,” said the state executive, who had his wife and children in tow, as he stepped into the room.

    1941

    Little Falls threw a street dance for 300 men in the 18th Quartermaster Battalion of the 4th Armored Division who camped overnight on the Middleville Road. The Rhythm Dukes provided music, and about 2,000 Little Falls residents watched or joined in.

From the Cooney Archives

News and Updates

FLOATING “HOT DOG” STAND ON INGHAMS LAKE (KEYSER LAKE)

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From the Little Falls Historical Society Archives. First printed in the July 14, 1931 Little Falls Evening Times.

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Mill WorkersMill Workers

The Lockout of the 20,000

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In 1886, 20,000 knitting mill employees were locked out of their jobs by 50 mill owners in New York’s Mohawk Valley. The lockout was mostly lost to history but recently came to light.

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Manheim youth pictured in front of Cecconi’s Marine in the late-1950s.

Remembering the Old Manheim Neighborhood

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Much of today’s third ward of the City of Little Falls was once widely referred to as “the Manheim neighborhood.”

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Captain Stephen R. Stegich, III, USMC (Ret) accepting award

57 Years Later, Reflections on the Tet Offensive

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On the night of January 30th 1968, the first day of the Vietnamese New Year (Tet), communist forces launched an enormous, concerted attack on American strongholds throughout South Vietnam.

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BURIAL GROUND SIGN PLACEMENT COMPLETES LONG PROJECT

BURIAL GROUND SIGN PLACEMENT COMPLETES LONG PROJECT

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The combined efforts of the City of Little Falls and the Little Falls Historical Society over a ten-year period culminated in a Thursday August 7th well-attended sign dedication ceremony at the African American Burial Ground section of Church Street Cemetery.

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The Victor Knitting Mills, courtesy of the Little Falls Historical Society.

VICTOR ADAMS, A MAN OF PAPER, AND THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE NORTH WOODS

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In the years when Little Falls was renowned in the Mohawk Valley as the center of the knit-goods industry, Victor Adams’ Box Manufactory provided employment opportunities to many of its local citizens with the manufacturing of paper boxes.

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Little Falls Canal Days Celebration

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Off-site programs and activities for Canal Days of the Little Falls Historical Society Museum

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