Parishville, NY celebrates Bicentennial this weekend

First settler was from Springfield, Vermont.

Luke Brown

Parishville New York Bicentennial Schedule of Events

Friday, July 25

Downtown Area:

• 10 a.m. - Noon & 3 - 5 p.m. - Interviews by Joan Thaler Dobbie with residents for a multi-media document on History of the Town

• 3 - 6 p.m. - Music by Patrick McGill & Handsome Pete’s Band

• 4 - 6 p.m. - Chicken Barbecue - (Parishville Amvets Post 26)

• 6 - 7 p.m. - Downtown Gazebo - Opening Ceremony & Dedication Of Interpretive Panels & Time Capsule

• 7 - 11 p.m. - Block Dance with the River Mohawks Band

• 7 - 11 p.m. - Food Concessions inside the Fire Station - (Parishville Sons of Amvets)

• 7 - 11 p.m. - Video Presentation on History of Parishville - downstairs of Town Hall

• 7 - 10 p.m. - Kids movie in upstairs of Town Hall - concessions will be sold (Parishville Recreation Committee)

Saturday, July 26

Open House at Luke Brown Cabin Replica @ 831 SH 72 - owned by Gary & Jane Snell 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. - Saturday only

Open House @ 1739 SH 72 - Helen Condon’s House (Former Grange) 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday only

10 a.m. - 7 p.m. - Free Bus Transportation Available between Venues

Downtown Area:

• 7:30 a.m. - 11 a.m. - Town Hall - Coffee & Donuts (Parishville Hilltoppers)

• 11 a.m. - 11 p.m. - Food Concessions - Parishville Amvets Ladies Auxiliary & Masonic Lodge

• 11 a.m. – 8 p.m. - Video Presentation on History of Parishville - downstairs of Town Hall

• Noon - Parade

• 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. - Horseshoe Tournament - Amvets - contact Larry Butler

• 1 p.m. - 5 p.m. - Horse Drawn Tour of Hamlet and old homes

• 3 - 5 p.m. - Interviews by Joan Thaler Dobbie with residents for a multi-media document on History of the Town

Northern Music Sound Stage:

• 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. - Special Ed & Friends

• 2 - 5 p.m. - Generation Gap (Country)

• 5 - 8 p.m. - Long Time Gone (Older Rock & Roll)

• 8 – 11 p.m. - Max Ryder Band (Southern Rock & Blues)

• 10 p.m. - Fireworks - sponsored by the Parishville Masonic Lodge

Parishville Hopkinton School

• 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. - Craft Fair (Parishville PTSA)

• 4 p.m. - 7 p.m. - Mini Soccer Tournament

Fireman’s Field - Rutman Road

• 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. - Car Show (George Cox)

• 1 – 3 p.m. - Concert after the parade - Norwood Brass Firemen & Brockville Pipe Band

• 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. - Food Concession Stand (Parishville Fireman’s Auxiliary)

• 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. - One-pitch Softball Tournament (Brian Phillips)

• 12:30 - 3 p.m. - Roast Beef & Turkey Dinner (Parishville Hilltoppers)

Parishville Beach/Park

• 8 a.m. - 10 p.m. - Food Concessions - (Parishville After Prom Committee)

• 8 – 9 a.m. - Registration for Children’s Dirt Run & 5K Walk or Run

• 9 – 11 a.m. - 5K Walk or Run

• 9 – 10 a.m. Children’s Dirt Run

• 10 a.m. – 7 p.m. - Water Slide, Obstacle Course, Sticky Wall & Bounce House

• 1 p.m. - Face Painting by PHCS Class of 2015

• 1 p.m. - Cubby the Clown Magic Show

• 1 - 4 p.m. - Popcorn - Snow Cones (Parishville Ladies Integrated Auxiliary)

• 2 p.m. - Pirate’s Adventure Pirate Ship on the Beach (Ages 2 – 8)

• 2:30 p.m. - Buried Treasure Hunt - Sawdust Pile (Ages 5 – 15)

• 2:30 – 4 p.m. - Sand Castle Competition - Judging @ 4 p.m. - Prizes Awarded

Sunday July 27

Downtown Area:

• Noon - 4 p.m. - Fiddler/Bluegrass Concert on Northern Music Sound Stage featuring the Barn Boys and Hickory Stump

• Food Cart Vendor - 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Fireman’s Field - Rutman Road:

• 9 – 9:30 a.m. - Opening Ceremony for new County ATV Trail

• 9:30 a.m. – Noon - ATV Run on new County ATV Trail

There will be no chairs available at the various venues. We ask everyone coming to participate in the events to bring their own lawn chair.

Legal beverages will be available for sale the Amvets Post at the Downtown Venue. There will be no legal beverages for sale at the Beach Venue or at the Fireman’s Field.

http://northcountrynow.com/news/parishville-survives-fires-ice-storm-celebrate-200th-year-0120786

Parishville survives fires, ice storm to celebrate 200th year Saturday, July 26, 2014 - 8:24 am By MATT LINDSEY PARISHVILLE – Having survived numerous destructive fires and the ice storm of 1998, Parishville is celebrating its 200 years of history with a bicentennial celebration continuing on Saturday and Sunday. Parishville was once inhabited by the Mohawk Indian Tribe. The state made a treaty with the Mohawk Indians on March 29, 1791, in which they surrendered the title to their lands. The lands were put up for sale according to an act of the legislature with the principle purchaser being Alexander Macomb. The land was eventually sold to David Parish Dec. 2, 1810. “David Parish was of English descent but was born in Hamburg, Germany in 1778. It is likely that his fortune can be credited to his father, although he and much of his family were quite successful in commerce and banking,” says Parishville Historian Joe McGill. He came to America in the early 1800's with the intention of land speculation. After the purchase of a 200,000 acre tract of wilderness in Northern New York State in 1808, a town would soon be formed and eventually given the name of Parishville, according to McGill. According to records, there is a possibility that the Russell Turnpike had already been cut and that a road or path was connected with it. In 1810, workers enlarged this path into a road wide enough to permit horses and wagons for hauling building materials. In the meantime, the town had been surveyed and cut into lots. The first settler was Luke Brown. “Brown and several others came from Springfield, Vermont to work on the above mentioned road. Parish had offered him a substantial piece of land at a very low price for the purpose of settling and farming and he thus became Parishville's first settler,” McGill said. In March, 1811, he brought his family to the farm, which is now owned by Gary and Jane Snell, located on State Highway 72. The following March, the first child was born and named Luke Parish Brown. Parish gave the child 50 acres of land for his name. The Township of Parishville was formed March 18, 1814.