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…
I’ll be hosting Docentfest 2019 on March 23rd at noon, at the PHHS museum. I hope you all can make it, as we have been busy moving things around, and adding new displays. If you have a friend who you think might want to be a docent, please bring them along. I will have…
7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Mr. David Shields of the Rochester and Genesee Valley Railroad Museum will tell us the history of the Erie Railroad and its influence in the Rochester, New York, area. We will also learn about the Rochester Genesee Valley Railroad Musem, their varied projects and yearly events which are open…
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…