Published in the Westside News, Spencerport, New York, on October 28, 2019 Woodland Indian Program2019 Hilton Baptist Church hosted a presentation from the Hilton Parma Historical Society and members John Corcoran, Frank Thomas (right) and Chuck Nichols. The presenters shared their wealth of knowledge about the culture and history of Native Americans. Attendees were…
Written by David Crumb, Parma Town Historian and published in the Westside News (Spencerport, NY) August 18, 2013 Part four of four Ampor Beach Ampor Beach was founded in 1907 by the Associated Master Plumbers of Rochester thus (AMPOR). The land was purchased by the Association for summer cottages. The first arrivals were the…
Written by David Crumb, Hilton Historian and published in the Westside News (Spencerport, New York) on August 4, 2013 Zellweger, Davison and Alder Beaches Part three of four Zellweger Beach Just east of Hilton Beach, and accessed by the end of Huffer Road, is a small private beach known as Zellweger Beach. There, many…
Written by David Crumb, Hilton Historian and published in the Westside News (Spencerport, NY) July 21, 2013 Part two of four Wright’s Beach What was known as Wright’s Beach is now known as the west end of Hilton Beach. Cottages were built between the First and Second Outlets where marsh waters drained back into…
Wautoma Beach Written by David Crumb, Hilton Historian, and published in the Westside News (Spencerport, New York) July 7, 2013 Part one of four Parma Historian for many years, Shirley Husted much loved her lakeside cottage at Wautoma. In the beginning there was very little development along Parma’s Lake Ontario Shoreline, save a fisherman’s…
Written by David Crumb, Hilton Village Historian and published in the Westside News (Spencerport, NY) Editor on February 24, 2013 On a quiet cold and damp Sunday morning, March 21, 1965, disaster struck the small village of Hilton, population 1,700, with sudden and awful consequences. This year is the 48th year since the local…
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…