Cars still a relative novelty at time of ‘Sociability’ run
Automobiles were still a relative novelty in Little Falls in 1909 when the Smith brothers, proprietors of the Richmond Hotel (later called Hotel Snyder) concocted the idea of a “Sociability” automobile run from the city to Cooperstown and back.

Earl Roberts - First Car Manufactured At Little Falls

Fort Plain, NY. Photo by mobile photographer, Evey S.
Timmerman Farms, image from Timmerman Farms.

1824 Bellinger Home, Little Falls, NY. Photo courtesy of the Little Falls Historical Society.
