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 Little Falls Rest Area, NYS Twy, I-90 - Little Falls, NY Posted by:  YoSam.
N 43° 00.971 W 074° 48.248
18T E 515960 N 4762630
On a trip to Portland Maine via motorcycle...the toll road was cold, wet and miserable.
Waymark Code: WMK0P6
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 01/26/2014
Views: 9
County of rest area: Herkimer County
Location of rest area: I-90, just east of exit 29A (Little Falls)
rain off and on, spots of sun, temps in the 50s - and this is summer in New York. Lots of tourist attractions in this area. Most can be foud in a list of Little Falls Tourist Attractions.
Highway Number: I 90
Common Name for the Highway: New York State Thruway
Highway Access Direction: East
Rest Area Name: Little Falls
Facilities:
Picnic tables, phones, several toy grabber machines - one near the bathrooms and more in the main restaurant area, penny smasher, gift shop with food items, A+ Mini Mart, history kiosk, tourism info (seasonal), ATM, farm market (seasonal)
Services:
three fast food restaurants.
Special Features:
HISTORIC NEW YORK
HERKIMER ~ LITTLE FALLS AREA
Where the Mohawk Valley narrows and pierces the ridge separating the Great Lakes from the Atlantic watershed were "The Little Falls,"the first portage in travel up the river. Here lived the Canajoharie Indians, the Mohawk Upper Castle. The intervale above the falls was settled in 1723 by Palatines coming from the Schoharie Valley and was named German Flats. As a key location in travel to the interior, it was fortified by the English, and was frequently attacked by the enemy in the French and Indian War and in the Revolution. From here General Nicholas Herkimer led the militia to relieve Fort Stanwix, and to oppose the British invasion at Oriskany in 1777. Tories and Indians from Canada again in 1778 made a destructive raid.
Influx of settlers from the east after the Revolution populated the towns of Herkimer and Little Falls. In 1796 the Great Western Navigation Company, headed by Philip Schuyler, built locks here for a pioneering canal. The completion of the Erie Canal in 1825 brought new industries and commerce. Herkimer cheese became famous: other manufacture included paper, boxes, furniture and knit goods.
Modern travel, on highway, railroad and barge canal, still converges at this ancient pass.
WiFi: yes
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