Town of Evans, NY Website
The very first settler in the territory later to be known as the Town of Evans was Joel Harvey. He arrived in 1804 and located on the west side of I 8-Mile Creek near its mouth. Mr. Harvey, with an eye to business in viewing the steady flow of emigrants from the East to the "Western Reserve," decided to enlarge his home for hotel purposes. So in 1806 he opened a tavern, the first in the area, and quite appropriately named it The Frontier House.
Year by year following the War of 1812 immigration to our lakeside area increased at such a brisk rate that it wasn't long before the authorities began considering "town-hood" for our general area. Such planning became translated into action in March of 1821 when the Legislature of New York State proposed an passed an Act for the purpose of "erecting" the Town of Evans, to become effective on March 31.
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