Category: LF Historical Society

As told by his great-granddaughter Jessie Snyder Thompson Huberty At the end of the nineteenth century, Little Falls was enjoying the fruits of the Industrial Revolution. New factories were springing up in the town located...

by Scott Kinville Former Little Falls Fire Chief Alfred ‘Al’ Munger was a true giant in the fire service, both inside and outside the city. After serving in the United States Army during World War II, Munger joined...

The base ball rules of 1886 were similar to today’s game. Each team fielded nine players, games were nine innings long with three outs per side per inning, bases were ninety feet apart, and three strikes and you’re out. The...

The origin of the sport of base ball has never been determined – the myth that Cooperstown’s Abner Doubleday was the father of the game has long ago been debunked. It may have evolved from an English game called rounders, or...

By Louis W. Baum, Jr. There were many battles, mostly skirmishes, fought in this area during the Revolutionary War. Inevitably, lives were lost as the British loyalists frequently trooped down from Canada with their Indian...

By DeForest Tinkler I was sitting across the desk from Dr. Arthur W. Brown, head of the Utica College English Department. It was autumn of 1958, and I was in for the orientation interview required of all freshman English majors....