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Arthur Caswell Parker, Sc.D L.H.D. 1881-1955
By Kenton Poole Naples Town Historian February 2026 If one were to walk down Main Street, Naples, NY today and ask general passers-by do they recognize the name Arthur C. Parker , most would look at you and politely respond with, “No, I don’t.” But between the years of 1932 and 1955, many archeologists found their way to his home on Parish Hill Road to discuss all things Iroquois. He was recognized throughout New York State as the go-to expert on the Iroquois Confederacy a
The Concord Fife & Drum Corps
by Kenton Poole Naples Town Historian February 2026 Concord Fife & Drum Corps bass drum painted by Ira Randall The Concord Fife & Drum Corps didn't spring out of thin air. The very beginnings go back to Union Endicott High School where a young Paul Vander Miller in the early 1930s took drum lessons. That love of drumming extended to the Continental Fife & Drum Corp in Vestal, NY, where he played Bass drum until going on to Houghton College. After completing law school at Corn
Dr. Thompson Maxwell, Naples' First Physician
Dr. Thompson Maxwell Jr. is known to have been Naples' first physician.
William Marks of Naples
by Beth Bishop Flory Past President of the Naples Historical Society This article originally appeared in Summer 2003 on The Crooked Lake...
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