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Parrish
Parrish may refer to: Places in the United States * Parrish, Alabama * Parrish, Florida * Parrish, Illinois, a town destroyed in 1925 by the infamous Tri-State Tornado * Parrish, Wisconsin, a town * Parrish (community), Wisconsin, an unincorporated community * Parrish Creek, a stream in Utah * Parrish, Oregon Other uses * Parrish (surname), for people with surname Parrish * Parrish "PMD" Smith, American rapper * ''Parrish'' (novel), a 1958 novel written by Mildred Savage * ''Parrish'' (film), a 1961 film starring Troy Donahue based on the 1958 novel * Parrish Art Museum The Parrish Art Museum is an art museum designed by Herzog & de Meuron Architects and located in Water Mill, New York, whereto it moved in 2012 from Southampton Village. The museum focuses extensively on work by artists from the artist colony o ..., Long Island, New York See also * Parish (other) {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parrish, Alabama
Parrish is a town in Walker County, Alabama, United States. It was incorporated in October 1922. At the 2010 census the population was 982, down from 1,268 in 2000. Geography Parrish is located at (33.732477, -87.279291). According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all land. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 1,268 people, 506 households, and 358 families residing in the town. The population density was . There were 587 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of Parrish is 72.63% White, 25.32% Black or African American, 0.16% Native American, 0.16% Asian, 0.63% from other races, and 1.10% from two or more races. 0.95% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. There were 506 households, out of which 28.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.6% were married couples living together, 16.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.1% were non-families. 25.1% of all house ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parrish, Florida
Parrish is an unincorporated community in northwestern Manatee County, Florida, United States. The community is located near the intersection of U.S. 301 and State Road 62 and is part of the North Port–Sarasota–Bradenton Metropolitan Statistical Area. Parrish contains the Florida Railroad Museum, which operates weekend passenger rides round trip from Parrish about northeast to Willow. History The first "settlers" in the area were William B. Hooker and William H. Johnson, who established a plantation named Oak Hill in 1850 in an unsuccessful attempt to grow sea island cotton. This plantation burned down in the Seminole Wars but the area continued to be referred to as Oak Hill. William Turner made a homestead at Oak Hill in 1865 but only stayed for a few years before establishing Bradenton. In 1868, Turner sold the land to Crawford Parrish and his wife Mary Bratcher VanZant. Parrish, a rancher and orange farmer originally from Georgia, sold his plantation on th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parrish, Illinois
Parrish is an unincorporated community in Cave Township, Franklin County, Illinois, United States. The community is located near Illinois Route 34 west-northwest of Thompsonville. History Once a larger town, Parrish was destroyed by the Tri-State Tornado in 1925. The town, which consisted of roughly 250 residents and 40 buildings at the time, suffered a 27% casualty rate and lost all but three of its buildings: one house, the Primitive Methodist Church, and the Parrish School. 22 people were killed and 90 percent of the town was destroyed. As the tornado destroyed all of the town's means of outside communication, the disaster was only discovered by a passing Illinois Central The Illinois Central Railroad , sometimes called the Main Line of Mid-America, is a railroad in the Central United States. Its primary routes connected Chicago, Illinois, with New Orleans, Louisiana, and Mobile, Alabama, and thus, the Great Lak ... train, which returned to Thompsonville to notify the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tri-State Tornado
In the midday and afternoon hours of Wednesday, March 18, 1925, the deadliest tornado in United States history and second-deadliest worldwide moved through Eastern Missouri, Southern Illinois and Southern Indiana, killing 695 people and injuring 2,027 more in what is sometimes known as the Tri-State Tornado. The tornado touched down as part of a larger severe weather outbreak that hit the United States on the same day, and produced catastrophic damage across numerous villages and towns across all three states. Despite not being officially rated, it is widely accepted to have been equivalent to an F5 on the Fujita scale. The tornado touched down in Shannon County, Missouri, moving to the northeast. The tornado immediately began to produce heavy damage to structures before directly impacting Annapolis, destroying ninety percent of the town and killing two people. The tornado then moved through Bollinger County, where it would hit two schools and injured several children wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parrish, Wisconsin
Parrish is a town in Langlade County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 91 at the 2010 census, down from 108 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated community of Parrish is located in the town. Geography Parrish occupies the northwest corner of Langlade County; it is bordered to the north by Oneida County and to the west by Lincoln County. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which are land and , or 0.98%, are water. The town is drained by the west-flowing Prairie River, a tributary of the Wisconsin River. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 108 people, 41 households, and 35 families residing in the town. The population density was 3 people per square mile (1.1/km). There were 92 housing units at an average density of 2.5 per square mile (1/km). The racial makeup of the town was 88.89% White and 11.11% Asian. There were 41 households, out of which 22% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 70. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parrish (community), Wisconsin
Parrish is an unincorporated community located in the town of Parrish, Langlade County, Wisconsin, United States. Parrish is located near Wisconsin Highway 17 State Trunk Highway 17 (often called Highway 17, STH-17 or WIS 17) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The highway is a secondary route in northeastern Wisconsin that directly connects Rhinelander, Eagle River and the central a ... south of Rhinelander. History A post office called Parrish was established in 1889, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1963. Parrish was named for a railroad official. References Unincorporated communities in Langlade County, Wisconsin Unincorporated communities in Wisconsin {{LangladeCountyWI-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parrish Creek
Parrish Creek is a stream in Davis County, Utah, United States. The creek begins at a spring about south-southeast of Bountiful Peak in the Wasatch Range at an elevation of approximately . It flows southwest to a point in the foothills northeast of the eastern end of Parrish Lane (400 North) in Centerville. Parrish Creek was named after Samuel Parrish, a pioneer settler in the area. The creek and the community had originally been named Duel, after a pair brothers that were settlers in the area. (However, the name of the community was later changed to Cherry Creek, and then Centerville, while the name of the creek was changed to Parrish.) After settling along the steam. Mr. Parrish built one of the first (albeit crude) mills in Davis County. A short way up a trail that roughly follows the stream bed there are some Native American pictographs. There is another trail that runs south of the creek (along the ridge which separates Parrish Canyon from Centerville Canyon) that is on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parrish (surname)
Parrish as a surname may refer to: * Alan K. Parrish, American professor of religious education and author * Andy Parrish (born 1988), English footballer * Anne Parrish (1888–1957), American novelist and children's author * Anne Parrish (philanthropist) (1760–1800), American Quaker philanthropist *Carolyn Parrish (born 1946), Canadian politician * Celestia Susannah Parrish, (1853–1918) American psychologist and educator * Charles H. Parrish (1859–1931), American minister and educator *Dean Parrish (1942–2021), American soul singer * Deanie Parrish 1922-2022), American aviator * Dillwyn Parrish (1894–1941), American painter and illustrator * Dwight Parrish (born 1972), American ice hockey player *Gigi Parrish (1912–2006), American actress and publisher *Helen Parrish (1923–1959), American actress *Hunter Parrish (born 1987), American actor *Jacob Parrish (born 2004), American football player *Janel Parrish (born 1988), American actress, singer, and songwriter *Janneke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parrish "PMD" Smith
Parrish J. Smith (born May 13, 1968), better known as PMD ('Parrish Mic Doc' or 'Parrish Making Dollars'), is an American rapper from Brentwood, New York, a member of EPMD and Hit Squad. Career He attended Brentwood High School, and has released four full-length solo albums, one extended play, seven EPMD albums with Erick Sermon, a collaborative album with Japanese hip hop producer DJ Honda, and a collaborative project with Sean Strange and German hip hop group Snowgoons Snowgoons is a German underground hip hop production team composed of DJ Illegal (Manuu Rückert) and Det Gunner (D. Keller). In 2011, producers Sicknature (Jeppe Andersen) from Denmark and J.S. Kuster (Johann Sebastian Kuster) from Germany joine .... Discography Solo albums EPs Collaborative albums Charted singles References External links * * 1968 births African-American male rappers 20th-century American male rappers Brentwood High School (Brentwood, New York) alumn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parrish (novel)
''Parrish'' is the 1958 debut novel by Mildred Savage. The novel was originally published in hardback by Simon & Schuster in 1958. The novel is a bildungsroman of a young man, the titular Parrish Maclean, as he works his way out of the grueling work in Connecticut River Valley tobacco fields during the 1940s and 1950s. The novel was adapted into a 1961 film, which starred Troy Donahue as the title character as well as Claudette Colbert and Karl Malden. The contemporary review in ''The New York Times'' called the novel "an impressive debut," comparing the novel to Edna Ferber Edna Ferber (August 15, 1885 – April 16, 1968) was an American novelist, short story writer and playwright. Her novels include the Pulitzer Prize-winning '' So Big'' (1924), '' Show Boat'' (1926; made into the celebrated 1927 musical), '' Cima ...'s ''Giant''. References Further reading * * 1958 American novels American novels adapted into films Novels by Mildred Savage Novels set in Con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parrish (film)
''Parrish'' is a 1961 American drama film made by Warner Bros. It was written, produced and directed by Delmer Daves, based on Mildred Savage's 1958 Parrish (novel), novel of the same name. The music score was by Max Steiner, the Technicolor cinematography by Harry Stradling Sr., the art direction by Leo K. Kuter and the costume design by Howard Shoup. The film stars Troy Donahue, Claudette Colbert (in her final theatrical film role), Karl Malden, Dean Jagger, Connie Stevens, Diane McBain, Sharon Hugueny, Sylvia Miles, Madeleine Sherwood and Hayden Rorke. Plot The film shows the story of conflict between a young, independent-minded man and his stepfather, a ruthless tobacco tycoon. Young Parrish McLean and his mother live on Sala Post's tobacco plantation in the state of Connecticut. His mother marries Post's ambitious rival Judd Raike, who then sets about ruining Post. The Connecticut shade tobacco in the story is extensively visible in some scenes. Cast * Troy Donahue as Parr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
