Published in the Westside News (Spencerport, New York) on November 11, 2012 James Billings enlisted in May 1775 in Stonington, Connecticut and served six months as a private in Captain James Eldredge’s Company, Colonel Samuel H. Parsons’ Regiment. He re-enlisted in the fall of 1776 and served three months as a private in Captain…
Written by David Crumb, Parma Town Historian and published in the Westside News (Spencerport, NY) March 31, 2013 Hilton celebrates 100 years of Boy Scouts in 2013 Lee Wadsworth, Morton Wadsworth, Scoutmaster Lou Archer, Andy Albiker and Stephen Burritt.January 23, 1913, the Reverend Harry Greensmith, Pastor of Hilton’s First Baptist Church formerly on West…
February 11, 2019 7:00 – 8:00 pm In the 1880’s, not unlike the 1849 California gold rush but with a little less glamor, the huge demand for simple salt was satisfied with the discovery of the needed commodity found under our feet. Join us as Mark Milcarek explains how and why this industry bloomed…
Written by David Crumb, Parma Town Historian and published in the Westside News (Spencerport, NY) August 18, 2014 The spark that ignited the “Great War’ of 100 years ago better known today as World War I happened in Sarajevo, Bosnia on June 28, 1914. Gavrilo Princep, an angry Serbian student, fired several shots on…