19th century Queensbury — Commercial garden

C.S. Frommell of Burlington, who had recently bought the Brooklyn Hotel at Lake George, also was investing in Queensbury real estate.

Frommell was negotiating a lease on 10 to 12 acres of land in the vicinity of Miller Hill to establish a commercial vegetable gardening venture with greenhouses for winter growing.

“Besides supplying Glens Falls with vegetables at all seasons, he will undoubtedly find a good market for his produce in the numerous hotels that line the shores of Lake George. The venture can hardly fail to be successful,” The Morning Star of Glens Falls reported on Jan. 8, 1895.

In other 19th century Queensbury news collected from historic newspapers of the region:

• “Will Clements has opened a store in the old Barber building,” the Queensbury correspondent reported in The Morning Star on Dec. 1, 1894.
• “The ice harvest has begun in earnest at Lake Sunnyside,” the Queensbury correspondent reported in The Morning Star on Jan. 24, 1895.

“The ice harvest is about over at Lake Sunnyside,” the Queensbury correspondent reported in The Morning Star on Feb. 15, 1895.

• “Seventy-five persons enjoyed the sleigh ride to Harry Sweet’s, Sanford’s Ridge, Monday evening. A substantial supper was served, and the hours passed with music and games,” The Morning Star reported on Feb. 6, 1895.
• “Charles Elms of Queensbury is putting on the market this spring a medicine known as an Indian remedy for the kidney and liver,” The Morning Star reported on April 12, 1895.
• “The West Glens Falls Woman’s Christian Temperance Union held its first meeting in the new rooms of the Sisson House at 7:30 this evening,” The Morning Star reported on April 24, 1895. “The rooms have been furnished by the Chamberlain Furniture Company, and a parlor organ has been provided for services and entertainments. The Loyal Temperance Legion will also occupy quarters in the building.”
• “Norman Cole, Upper Glen Street, had asparagus from his garden for dinner yesterday,” The Morning Star reported on April 30, 1895.
• “John P. Hubbell of Lake Sunnyside has made a great improvement to his place by building a fine road fence. He is soon to build a carriage house,” the Queensbury correspondent reported in The Morning Star on May 11, 1895.
• “Gilbert Carpenter is engaged in poultry raising. He has a fine flock of brown Leghorns,” the Queensbury correspondent reported in The Morning Star on June 6, 1895.

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