Tag Archive for: Cheese Market

Born and educated in Denmark, Mr. Frederiksen came to Little Falls in 1879

From the Cooney Archives: This Day in History on February 18, 1926

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From the Cooney Archives: THIS DAY IN HISTORY: Did you know … that on February 18, 1926, Johan Ditlev Frederiksen, cheese industry icon, inventor, author, and manager of the Chr. Hansen’s Laboratory in Little Falls and died in Florida? Born and educated in Denmark, Mr. Frederiksen came to Little Falls in 1879. He was very active in the community and helped establish the Pine Crest tuberculosis sanatorium in Salisbury. He will be buried in Church Street Cemetery.”

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Hill Side Farm | Eatonville, NY | Present -day 173 Dise Road, with the property owned by Barbara Pelzer. He purchased the farm on June 1, 1858, for the sum of $1,220. His grandparents, Honorable Evans and Phebe Belknap Wharry, bought this land near Little Falls, NY in 1785.

Home Of The First U.S. Open Air Cheese Market (Part 1)

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DID YOU KNOW…Xerxes Willard wrote articles on the activities of the cheese industry at Little Falls, for the Utica Morning Herald & Daily Gazette, which were read by cheese producers, buying agents and merchants, eventually leading to Little Falls becoming the hub for the Cheese Market?

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Harry Burrell's home at 664 East Main Street | Present-day Verizon Telephone Co.

Home Of The First U.S. Open Air Cheese Market (Part 2)

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Jonathan Burrell and his family were influential in making Little Falls the cheese capital of the United States and beyond.

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Harry Burrell's home at 664 East Main Street | Present-day Verizon Telephone Co.

The Y.M.C.A.

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Built at a cost of over $100,000, the fully equipped building is dedicated for the benefit of men and women of Little Falls irrespective of creed.

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Little Falls Cheese Market | Little Falls Historical Society Museum | Little Falls NY

Little Falls: Cheese Capital of the World by Diane Ptak

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Sheltered in a deep curved gorge along the main transportation route across New York, Little Falls became a manufacturing leader in the latter half of the 19th century.

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Xerxes Willard

Xerxes Willard and the Prominence of the Little Falls Cheese Markets

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Little Falls, New York enjoys a singular reputation in American agricultural history as the most important interior market for cheese during the great boom in dairy exports that began in the Civil War and peaked in ca. 1881.

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