Keene, Sullivan, among those who played Little Falls
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.
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Mohawk Valley Featured Weekend Events: January 10-12
Mohawk Valley Featured Weekend Events for January 10-12! Thank you Little Falls, Ilion, Old Forge, Gloversville for sharing events with us!!
Mohawk Valley Featured Weekend Events: January 3-5
Mohawk Valley Featured Weekend Events for January 3-5! Thank you Gloversville, Little Falls, and more for sharing your events with us!!
Mohawk Valley Featured Weekend Events: December 20-22
Mohawk Valley Featured Weekend Events for December 20-22! Thank you Amsterdam, Cooperstown, Gloversville, Little Falls, Nelliston, and more!
Mohawk Valley Featured Weekend Events December 1e3-15, 2024, image by Mohawk Valley Today Mohawk Valley Featured Weekend Events: December 13-15
Mohawk Valley Featured Weekend Events Here are just a few for the weekend of December 13-15! Thank you Cooperstown, Gloversville, Little Falls, Nelliston, Rome, and more!
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.Garfield’s whistle stop – 1880
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.
First Trolley at Little Falls #24Inter-urban trolley lasted 30 years
The electric trolley started in Little Falls in 1903 with great fanfare, a convenient and, for awhile at least, popular way to travel between Little Falls and points west and south.
Earl Roberts - First Car Manufactured At Little FallsCars 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.
Mohawk Valley Featured Weekend Events: October 4 – 6
Here’s what’s happening in their communities including Little Falls, Gloversville, Canajoharie, Amsterdam, Cooperstown, Old Forge & Utica.
Featured Mohawk Valley Farm: Eaton Corners Homestead
Eaton Corners Homestead is a local farm offering grass-fed meats, farm products and baked goods made right on their farm!
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