Herkimer Home State Historic Site and the Little Falls Historical Society co-hosted a very successful Patriots Day event on Saturday May 24 as part of Herkimer Home’s 2025 season-opening, afternoon-long Living History event.
The official dedication ceremony for the Little Falls Historic Entry’s historic markers and related signage along East Main Street will take place sometime in early June.
The Herkimer Home State Historic Site and the Little Falls Historical Society will co-host a Patriots Day at 1:00PM on Saturday, May 24.
This local historical society understands how we’ve each lent a hand in carrying forth the enduring truths of humanity.
2025 marks both the 165th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s 1860 election to the presidency and the 160th anniversary of his April 15th, 1865 assassination.
When preparing to write this article, I asked readers for their memories of the Rialto and received the following replies.
The Gateway Theatre in Little Falls, later to be renamed Rialto, first opened its doors to the public on October 22, 1923.
As long as I can remember my father, Joe Vespasiano, loved to share his stories, and he had a lot of material.
Two of the famous people who performed in plays in Little Falls were the noted actress Laura Keene, and John L. Sullivan, the heavyweight boxing champion.
In the presidential election of 1880, — General James A. Garfield, Republican nominee for president, brought his campaign to Little Falls on August 4 with a “whistle stop” on the New York Central.
Dr. Oscar Stivala playing "Taps" in front of Herkimer Home obelisk.
Little Falls Buildings And Streets .. etc. sign located near the intersection of Main and South Ann Streets.
General Herkimer Home Source: Sarah Rogers
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Dr. D. Willard Bliss summons Alexander Bell to use his induction-balance device to locate the assassin's bullet, which is something of a metal detector device; unbeknownst to them all, is that Garfield's mattress was lying on top of metal springs, which were uncommon at that time. After 80 days of suffering, he died from infection from the gunshot wound. The D. in the Dr. Bliss' name stands for Doctor, given as his first name at birth.