Little Falls Cheese Festival

06/05/2026

The good reasons why our festival is held in Little Falls, New York! 😀🧀

In honor of National Cheese Day, the Little Falls Historical Society proudly celebrates the Burrell family—visionaries whose work helped transform our community into the “Cheese Capital of the United States.”

Little Falls’ rise to national prominence began in 1861 with the establishment of the first open air Cheese Market, a bold innovation that connected local dairy farmers with buyers from across the Northeast. At the center of this transformation was the Burrell family, whose leadership, ingenuity, and entrepreneurial spirit shaped the region’s booming cheese trade for decades.

Their contributions extended far beyond commerce. The Burrells helped professionalize dairy production, modernize cheese making techniques, and elevate the reputation of Mohawk Valley cheese on a national scale. By the late 19th century, Little Falls was not just a market—it was the hub of America’s cheese industry, a distinction owed in large part to the Burrell legacy.

As we celebrate National Cheese Day, we honor the family whose impact continues to shape our city’s identity and history.

🧀🧀🧀Save the date! Little Falls’ 11th Annual Cheese Festival will take place on Saturday, October 3, 2026, from 10 AM to 5 PM‼️

At this time, the Little Falls Historical Society is pleased to highlight the 2023 Edward J. Cooney Writing Series with the featured article “Little Falls Philanthropy,” written by Louis W. Baum, which can be viewed at:
https://littlefallshistoricalsociety.org/writing-series/little-falls-philanthropy-by-louis-w-baum/

👉🏻THE BURRELL’S

JOHNATHAN BURRELL - A DAIRYMAN

Jonathan Burrell, patriarch of the Burrell family, laid the groundwork for the next two generations whose leadership helped elevate Little Falls to national prominence in the cheese trade.

Born in Walpole, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, on February 10, 1757, Jonathan later moved from Sheffield, Massachusetts, to Salisbury, New York, in 1804. He arrived with his second wife, Lucina Kellog Burrell, and five children—including their seven‑year‑old son, Harry Kellog Burrell—bringing with him both family and the skills that would shape a regional industry.

A dairyman by trade, Jonathan settled his family on a farm in the part of the hamlet now known as Burrell’s Corner. There he began producing butter and cheese, establishing a modest enterprise that would grow into a multigenerational legacy.

THE MARKETING OF BUTTER & CHEESE

Dairy products—especially butter and cheese—soon became the chief industry of the local area, particularly after 1815, when unusually cold weather caused by the eruption of Mount Tambora in Indonesia triggered global climate disruptions known as “The Year Without a Summer.”

These adverse weather conditions persisted for several consecutive growing seasons, forcing farmers to abandon grain production—even though the region had been known during the American Revolution as the Bread Basket for the Continental Army. With grains no longer reliable, farmers turned to dairying, as grass thrived in the unusually cold climate.

During that time, one cow averaged about 600 pounds of cheese per year. It took four gallons of milk to produce one pound of cheese, with a cow averaging eight gallons of milk per day during her milking period, which stretched over the next ten months or so after freshening.

Jonathan Burrell became known as a leading businessman—honest, fair, and skilled in both producing and marketing dairy products. He established a marketing enterprise to sell his own butter and cheese, and as the business prospered, he began including the products of neighboring farms. In 1820, his son Harry entered the business at the age of twenty‑three, helping to expand the family’s growing dairy trade.

The Burrells spent the fall months transporting butter and cheese by wagon to Albany, where the products were loaded onto barges and shipped to a storage warehouse in New York City. During the winter, Jonathan and Harry remained in the city to sell the stored dairy goods. When spring arrived, they returned home to Salisbury and distributed the sales profits among the local dairymen. For their work, the Burrells received a commission from each season’s dairy sales. This enterprise marked the beginning of a dairy business that would continue to grow over the next 178 years, ultimately evolving into today’s local company, Feldmeier Equipment, Inc.

Jonathan died in Salisbury, New York, on December 31, 1835, at the age of 78 years and was buried in the Salisbury Cemetery.

THE MAKING OF HARRY BURRELL

Harry married Charlotte Waterman on April 5, 1820, with Charolotte dying in 1821. Harry married for a second time, to Ormenda F. Carr on April 27, 1823. Ormenda’s death was on June 17, 1839, with Harry marrying for the third time, three months later on September 17, 1839, to Sarah Montague Hamlin. Harry welcomed four daughters and six sons over the course of his three marriages.

Upon Jonathan’s death in 1835, Harry inherited the old family homestead at Burrell’s Corner in Salisbury—locally known as the Hackley Farm—located about six miles north of Little Falls.

The cheese marketing business that Jonathan began in the early 1800s continued to grow under Harry’s leadership. He expanded the enterprise by establishing a cheese brokerage firm in New York City. Operating under the name H. Burrell & Company, he became a pioneer in the industry—shipping cheese to Philadelphia in 1828, and, just two years later, sending the first American shipment of cheese to England in 1830, an impressive 10,000 pounds.

In 1851, Jesse Williams, a dairyman from Rome, New York, founded the first cheese factory. He organized a cooperative of local dairymen who brought their milk to the factory, where cheese was produced under strict, uniform conditions that resulted in consistently high‑quality cheddar. By controlling the supply of milk, butter, and cheese entering the market, the cooperative secured stronger pricing for its members. Around this time, Little Falls supported eight cheese factories, making it one of the principal cheese‑manufacturing centers in Herkimer County.

Harry amassed considerable wealth through the cheese industry and invested much of it in real estate, eventually owning fourteen well‑established farms under lease. In 1853, he moved his family to Little Falls and built a home at the corner of William and Main Streets, the present‑day site of the Verizon Telephone Company.

By 1858, his sons, Seymour and David Hamlin, worked for the H. Burrell & Company’s brokerage house in New York City, employed as brokers in the cheese marketing trade.

Past President Abraham Lincoln’s Funeral Train stopped in Little Falls on April 26, 1865, at 7:35 p.m., where Mrs. Sarah Montague Hamlin Burrell placed a wreath of white flowers on Lincoln’s black cloth‑draped mahogany coffin.

According to The Cooney Archives: This Day In the History of Little Falls…” on January 1, 1866, the Journal & Courier published the 1865 income of notable Little Falls residents; Nathaniel S Benton $3,683, George A Feeter $2,378, Jonathan J Gilbert $8,508, D H Burrell $1,323, Z C Priest $9,920, W G Milligan $2,662, Nelson Rust $8,550. Xerxes A Willard $1,315. Arphax Loomis $1,992, and Harry Burrell $8,549.”

In 1872, Harry joined a group of prominent local citizens in forming the first Little Falls Waterworks Company. This early system carried drinking water throughout the village through hollowed‑out logs, known as aqueducts, supplied by springs and reservoirs within Little Falls.

At eighty years old, Harry was still working full-time, conducting weekly exports of one thousand boxes of cheese in the foreign cheese trade.

Harry Kellog Burrell’s death took place in Little Falls, New York on March 5, 1879, at the age of 81 years, with him being buried in the Church Street Cemetery. His son, Edward Jonathan, inherited the family home on Main Street.

THE ROBBERY OF HARRY BURRELL

On the morning of April 12, 1879, it was discovered that Harry Burrell’s vault at the Church Street Cemetery had been tampered with sometime during the night, and his remains were stolen. Harry, who was well known as the largest broker and exporter of cheese in Central NY, had been recently placed in the vault on March 5th.

Harry Burrell’s remains were located on April 23rd and were reinterned on April 26th, with a short graveside funeral. Only immediate family were present, and a reverend gave a short prayer of thanks for the return of Harry’s remains. The four men who committed this horrendous crime were arrested and sentenced to five years of hard labor at the Auburn Correctional Facility, Auburn, NY. The ringleader of the group got an extra five years for a prior burglary. (Full story follows below).

DAVID HAMLIN BURRELL

David Hamlin Burrell was born on March 17, 1841, to Harry and his third wife, Sarah Montague Hamlin. At age twelve, he moved with his parents and nine siblings from Burrell’s Corner to Little Falls, where he enrolled in Little Falls Academy. When he was sixteen, he was sent to a boys’ school in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, which he attended for a year before returning home. He then began working full‑time with his father in the cheese business, a trade he had already been helping with since the age of fourteen. At twenty‑two, David purchased thirty‑three thousand boxes of cheese; after selling them on the New York City market, he earned the company a profit of $66,000 and received a personal salary of $1,000.

In 1868, the H. Burrell Company learned that a London firm they dealt with had failed to pay its debt. At age twenty‑seven, David booked passage on the City of Paris and sailed to London. He extended his stay to travel throughout England and France, studying European cheese‑making methods—especially cheddar production. He returned home having recovered nearly the entire debt owed to the company and freely shared the new techniques he had learned with neighboring cheese factories, significantly improving the quality of their cheese.

LITTLE FALLS- A CHEESE CAPITAL

In 1871, David H. Burrell helped establish the New York State Dairymen’s Association and Board—the first dairy association formed in the United States—serving as its treasurer. The Dairy Board met in the ballroom of the Evans Hotel, located at the corner of Ann and John Streets, directly across from the New York Central Railroad Station.

Each Monday, Little Falls hosted an open‑air cheese market, sparing purchasing agents the difficulty of traveling over poor country roads to sample and buy dairy products. The market also benefited local dairymen, who could be present as daily cheese prices were set. Farmers arrived with wagons loaded with butter and cheese, lining Albany and Ann Streets near the railroad station so agents could easily load their purchases for shipment by rail.

Hundreds of buying agents traveled to Little Falls each week from distant cities. They sampled cheeses, negotiated prices, and once pricing was finalized, the figures were telegraphed from the Evans Hotel to New York City, Philadelphia, and London. Little Falls soon became known as the ‘Cheese Capital of the United States and beyond.’ Several local factories—especially those producing ‘Cheddar Cheese’—were so highly regarded overseas that English brokers dealt directly with them.

According to the Cooney Archives: This Day in the History of Little Falls ..."on December 12, 1881, the city maintained its position as the nation’s foremost cheese market. That year, 15,181,500 pounds of factory cheese were sold at an average price of 10.8933 cents per pound, totaling $1,653,184.17—substantial income that brought prosperity to local dairymen. Additional quantities of dairy cheese were also sold."

By 1900, many local farmers began shipping fresh milk to New York City in refrigerated railroad cars, contributing to a decline in cheese manufacturing. By 1920, the Cherry‑Burrell Company was experimenting with refrigerated trucks for transporting dairy products, taking advantage of newly paved roads that made overland transport to larger cities far more efficient.

DAVID H BURRELL AS A BUSSINESSMAN AND AN INVENTOR

In 1872, D. H. Burrell served as vice‑president of the Little Falls Knitting Company, which manufactured knit underwear on Loomis Island.

Throughout his life, David devoted significant time to experimentation at his Overlook Farm. In 1876, he perfected a seamless cheese bandage used for packaging cheese.

In 1880, David and his brother Edward imported purebred Holstein cattle to Overlook Farm. Neighboring farms soon followed, expanding their own herds with Holsteins, a breed recognized for superior dairy production. Overlook Farm also operated its own creamery and bottling plant.

That same year, David constructed a concrete silo capable of holding 100 tons of silage. He and his brother experimented with crops such as clover, Hungarian grass, corn, and rye to determine which produced the best silage. He introduced the ensilage system to local farmers—storing chopped crops in a silo to provide green fodder year‑round—which allowed cows to be milked for most months of the year.

In 1881, he built a centrifugal cream separator that used centrifugal force to separate cream from milk. He also improved pasteurization methods and designed churns, butter workers, milk testers, coolers, gang presses, and a patented milking machine.

According to the Cooney Archives: This Day in the History of Little Falls ..."on August 11, 1885, David received a patent for an oil burner. Originally developed to heat large vats of milk at a constant temperature, the technology was later adapted for residential heating systems. In 1985, President Ronald Reagan posthumously honored Burrell’s invention by proclaiming that year the ‘Oil Heat Centennial Year."

In 1888, David served on the board of water commissioners, helping design the city’s first salt‑glazed vitrified water pipes. Installed at a cost of $305,000, the system drew water from Spruce Creek and Beaver Creek in Salisbury. This water system is still in use today.

In 1892, when David H. Burrell sought a skilled engineer, he consulted the president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, who recommended a promising young talent: Harvey Feldmeier. By coincidence—and good fortune—Feldmeier was already in Little Falls at the time, overseeing a state project to construct a dam near Hansen Island.

Feldmeier joined the D. H. Burrell & Company that December as Chief Engineer. One of the city’s earliest motorists, Feldmeier purchased a Maxwell automobile in 1902, capable of reaching 25 miles per hour. Over his career with D. H. Burrell & Company and later Cherry‑Burrell, he earned 56 patents under his own name between 1894 and 1935.

According to the Cooney Archives: This Day is the History of Little Falls ..."on October 1, 1895, D. H. Burrell & Company imported the Thistle Mechanical Milking Machine from Scotland for use at their hilltop farm. The machine milked ten cows at once—averaging one cow per minute—with excellent results."

A committed Republican, David served as the Presidential Elector for New York State in the 1896 election. He later became president of the Herkimer County Bank, a position he held from 1901 to 1913.

As noted in the Cooney Archives, on January 27, 1903, the Eastern Improvement Company—formed years earlier to develop the Burnt Rocks area with streets, building lots, and a trolley route—failed to sell its lots. The land was sold at foreclosure to D. H. Burrell for $8,009.

Throughout his life, David invented numerous pieces of dairy, creamery, and cheese‑processing equipment, innovations that helped modernize the dairy industry. In recognition of his intellectual achievements, he was awarded an honorary Master of Arts degree from Hamilton College.

OVERLOOK MANSION

In 1889, David H. Burrell built a 26‑room mansion on the hilltop of Overlook Farm—a home he had envisioned since childhood. Known as Overlook Mansion, it commands a sweeping view of the village of Little Falls below.

The mansion was designed by architect Archimedes Russell in the Richardsonian Romanesque style. The 15,000‑square‑foot residence spanned three floors and included twelve bedrooms and nine bathrooms, along with remarkable amenities for its time: an indoor swimming pool, a bowling alley, and an elevator. The Burrells also added a tennis court and a large greenhouse, where David experimented with exotic plants and flowers. The estate operated its own self‑contained hydroelectric plant, further showcasing Burrell’s innovative spirit.

A complete set of the original architectural renderings, drawn by Archimedes Russell, was later discovered in the basement of the Loomis–Wing–Burrell–Fisher House and donated to the Little Falls Historical Society Museum.

DAVID H BURRELL’S PHILANTHROPY

David H. Burrell’s civic contributions to the City of Little Falls were extensive. It is noted that he gave away half of the first thousand dollars he earned in 1863, at just twenty‑two years old.

A devout Christian, he supported the 1832 First Presbyterian Church—the church in which he was raised and which he helped refurbish over the years. He became a Ruling Elder in 1869. When the church was removed from Albany Street in 1880 to allow for the expansion of his business, Burrell contributed financially to the construction of a new church at the corner of Jackson and Lansing Streets, a project that cost $40,000.

The Bethel Mission Chapel, founded in 1888 by Lewis Howe of the YMCA, initially held services in the Mohawk Valley Hotel on Flint Avenue. In 1902, Burrell financed the construction of a dedicated church for the congregation. Completed in 1903, it was named the South Side Union Church and stood on the north side of West Jefferson Street on a lot donated by William Milligan, former president of the Herkimer County Bank. The church was removed in 1913 during construction of the Barge Canal, and the cornerstone box was given to David Hamlin Burrell, Jr.

In 1910, Burrell donated the Jackson Street lot and $50,000 to build the Presbyterian Parish House, providing the Young Men’s Christian Association with a proper place for meetings and recreation. The YMCA had begun as a group of young railroad workers who met in rented rooms to study Christianity. Burrell laid the cornerstone on November 6, 1911. The building later became known as the YMCA, and Burrell remained a steadfast advocate for guiding and supporting young people.

In 1914, he gifted the city another $50,000 toward the construction of City Hall, with the stipulation that the Common Council adopt a resolution prohibiting smoking or expectorating to***co juice in public departments. A separate room was created for smokers and chewers.

At his own expense, Burrell constructed the Herkimer County Trust Building at the corner of Ann and Main Streets in 1917. At the same time, the National Herkimer Bank adopted a new name—the Herkimer County Trust Company—as it moved into its new facility. According to This Day in History, the iconic city clock that had hung on the bank since 1918 was removed on March 14, 1963.

According to the Cooney Archives: This Day in the History of Little Falls ..." on March 9, 1918, the New York Central Railroad proposed a solution to the dangerous at‑grade crossings at Ann Street and Third Street, where many people had been killed or injured over the years. The plan called for two subways—an overhead pedestrian subway at Ann Street and a vehicular subway at Third Street. D. H. Burrell played an influential role in shaping the designs for these improvements.”

BURRELL’S PASSING

The partnership between the Burrell brothers at D. H. Burrell & Company continued until David’s death. At that time, the firm was incorporated, with Edward Jonathan Burrell becoming president. David Hamlin’s sons also entered the business—Loomis serving as vice‑president, and his other son, David Hamlin Jr., holding the positions of secretary and treasurer.

David H. Burrell died at his home on January 13, 1919. He was survived by his wife, Louisa, and three of their five children. Their children were Arpha, who died in infancy; Loomis; David Hamlin Jr.; Mary Elizabeth; and Ann Louise, who passed away in 1907 at the age of thirty‑one.”

MRS. LOUISA LOOMIS BURELL

David Hamlin Burrell was united in marriage with Louisa Loomis, daughter of Judge Arphaxed Loomis, on December 30, 1864. Louisa, being the first woman to drive an automobile in 1906, supported her husband’s civic contributions to the City of Little Falls and is also known for hers as well, mainly for her contribution in 1923, of having a home built on Whited Street for the nurses employed at the Little Falls Hospital. She had the home built in memory of her sister, Miss Adeline Loomis. Adeline was 78 years old when she died in 1916 and had always shown a profound interest in the welfare of the Little Falls Hospital. The cost was $56,000., with Louisa not witnessing its completion, for she died at the age of 81 years, on April 30, 1924.

THE BURRELL FAMILY PHILANTHROPY CONTINUES

In 1920, David H. Burrell’s remaining children, Loomis, David Hamlin JR, and Mary Elizabeth, purchased the historic Nathaniel Benton House on Garden Street for the Women’s Christian Association. They followed in their parent’s footsteps with acts of philanthropy to benefit the citizens of the City of Little Falls. The building became known locally as the WCA and was gifted in honor of their deceased sister, Ann Louise Burrell, who had worked for the welfare and interests of women. It was to be used as a meeting place for such organizations as the Little Falls Historical Society, the Girl Scouts of Little Falls, and other non-profits. It was also to be used as a boarding home for women in need, which it is still being used in that capacity today. A gift of $12,000. was included by the Burrell siblings, which was to be used for needed repairs.

According to to the Cooney Archives: This Day in the History of Little Falls …” on April 26, 1927, a total of $16,729. was donated by Burrell's children and his brother, towards the costs involved to build and equip the West Monroe Street Park. Edward Johnathan donated $2,000., Loomis donated $1,000., David Hamlin JR donated $6,500., and Mary Elizabeth donated $500.”

CHERRY-BURRELL

In 1928, D.H. Burrell and Company joined two other major firms-the J.G. Cherry Company of Cedar Rapids, Iowa and the Milwaukee Dairy Supply Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin and four other distributor companies to form the Cherry-Burrell Corporation, with Loomis Burrell as its first Board Chairman and Harvey Feldmeier as the Chief Engineer. In 1930, the company expanded its Albany Street location.

In 1940, the Cherry‑Burrell Company purchased the former Burnett Leather Tannery on Mill Street. During World War II, the tannery buildings were repurposed to manufacture parts for the United States Air Force. In 1954, demolition began on both the tannery and the city’s oldest knit‑goods mill, the Anchor Mill, to prepare the site for a new manufacturing facility. By 1958, Cherry‑Burrell had relocated to its newly constructed Mill Street plant, closing its Albany Street offices and factory. The Albany Street buildings were later removed during Urban Renewal in 1963; the site is now occupied by Kelly’s Meat Market, Family Dollar, and Kinney Drugs.

THE BURRELL FAMILY PASSES THE TORCH TO THE FELDMEIER FAMILY

In 1998, the Cherry‑Burrell Company—by then a major manufacturer of stainless‑steel tanks—became part of Feldmeier Equipment, Inc., becoming the company’s third manufacturing facility. Feldmeier Equipment has been operated by the family of Harvey Feldmeier for seventy‑one years, spanning three generations. Harvey, who served as Chief Engineer for both D. H. Burrell & Company and Cherry‑Burrell, devoted forty‑three years of service to the firms.

The Riverside facility on Riverside Industrial Parkway became operational in 2014. An 81,000‑square‑foot expansion was completed in March 2022, featuring a 75‑foot tower that allows stainless‑steel tanks to be fabricated in a vertical position. Feldmeier Equipment now operates seven manufacturing plants across the United States, producing stainless‑steel vessels for the dairy industry as well as many other industrial sectors. The company employs up to 200 workers across its two Little Falls facilities, with its corporate headquarters located in Syracuse, New York.

THE GRAVE ROBBERY OF HARRY BURRELL:

On the morning of April 12, 1879, it was discovered that Harry Burrell’s vault in the Church Street Cemetery had been forced open. During the night, a wagon with a loose wheel had been heard passing through the village, and many believed it belonged to a blacksmith named Thomas Fox. News of the break‑in spread quickly, and within hours several hundred townspeople had gathered at the cemetery. Undertaker Toxer reported that he had embalmed Harry’s body and that it would remain preserved for at least six weeks. When Fox’s wagon was inspected, a patch of gray hair was found inside, strengthening suspicions.

On April 23, Harry’s remains were discovered beneath a barn at the Jacksonburg Lock—just outside Little Falls on Route 5S at the old Erie Canal Lock 40 on Stegich Road—by Rodney House, proprietor of a nearby canal‑side hotel and grocery. Earlier that day, Rodney and his brother had hitched their team to go into town to report the discovery to the police. Their neighbor, Nathan Lewis—later revealed to be involved in the crime—asked to ride along. While the House brothers were at the police station, Lewis went to David H. Burrell’s store to ask whether a reward was being offered for the recovery of Harry’s remains. Burrell confirmed a $500 reward. Lewis then revealed the location of the body, and Burrell followed the House brothers back to Jacksonburg to retrieve it.

Soon after the remains were recovered, Policeman Shepardson arrested Thomas Kane and transported him to the Herkimer Jail to be questioned by Detective Wheeler. Kane, who had a prior arrest for train robbery, was also suspected in a recent burglary at a cobbler’s shop where a pair of shoes had been stolen. In recent months, whenever a crime occurred in the village, Kane was often blamed.

Harry Burrell’s remains were reinterred on April 26, 1879, in the Church Street Cemetery. The body was still in acceptable condition, and Undertaker Toxer made no further alterations. Only immediate family attended the burial. Reverend Potts of the Presbyterian Church offered a simple prayer of thanks for the recovery of the remains.

On May 20, District Attorney Dudleston opened the prosecution. David H. Burrell testified regarding his father’s death and the condition of the family vault. When Judge Arphaxed Loomis questioned Rodney House, he explained that he had been searching for eggs beneath the barn—where his free‑range chickens often laid them—when he discovered the body.

Four men were ultimately found to be involved in the grave robbery. The ringleader was a wanderer named William Van Alstine, also known as William Keating, who had plotted to abduct the body for ransom. The other participants were John McGuirk, a bartender, and Nathan Lewis, a local bottler. All three were sentenced to five years of hard labor at Auburn Correctional Facility. Keating received an additional five‑year sentence for the burglary of the cobbler’s shop.

*Digitizing of Historical Photos by Gail & Mike Potter, From the Cooney Archives: This Day in the History of Little Falls ... by Louis W. Baum, Jr, and article written by Darlene Smith.

🏦The Little Falls Historical Society’s Old Bank Building Museum is open for the summer season on Mondays and Wednesdays from 1 to 4 PM, and Saturdays from 9:00 AM until noon. It will also be open every other Friday from 1 to 4 PM, beginning May 29th. If you would like to schedule a tour for off hours, please contact either Louis Baum @ 315-867-3527, Mary Ann Terzi @ 315-823-1502, or Jeffery Gressler @ 315-823-2799 to schedule an appointment

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