19th century Ti — Racing on ice in 1895

Ticonderoga horsemen were gearing up in January 1895 for the big event.

“The Ticonderoga Breeders’ Association give their annual ice meeting at Ticonderoga January 29, 30 and 31. Liberal purses will be offered, and with the different stake races on the program, the meeting will be the best one held there for years.”

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

• “Several strangers are in town. Don’t be alarmed. We have no bank in our village,” the Ticonderoga Sentinel reported on Aug. 10, 1877.
• “There is ‘music in the air’ at the factory of the Lake Champlain Mfg. Co. A continual hum of business all day long. Good. Let the music be continued,” the Ticonderoga Sentinel reported on June 29, 1877.
• ”The Ticonderoga Waterprint Paint Company has filed a certificate with the Secretary of State setting forth that its capital stock has been increased from $7,000 to $25,000 (the equivalent of $923,589 in 2024 dollars), consisting of shares of $100 each,” The Morning Star of Glens Falls reported on Jan. 30, 1895.
• “Summer travel has commenced through Lake George,” the Ticonderoga Sentinel reported on June 29, 1877.
• “A new plank sidewalk has been laid in front of C. H. Bennett’s residence, extending to the new bridge. It is a great improvement,” the Ticonderoga Sentinel reported on June 29, 1877.
• “Frank J. Peck has accepted the position of ‘hall boy’ on the new Lake George steamer, the Horicon,” the Ticonderoga Sentinel reported on Jan. 29, 1877. “Frank is one of Ticonderoga’s good boys, is capable, energetic, and worthy of success.”
• “C. L. Wicker has removed his market to the new block of G. C. Weed. Over the door reads, ‘Village Market.’ Step in and you are there,” the Ticonderoga Sentinel reported on Aug. 3, 1877. “That gentlemanly individual Mr. Dayen will attend to your wants in a gentlemanly manner.”
• “The new block of G. C. Weed is rapidly nearing completion,” the Ticonderoga Sentinel reported on Aug. 10, 1877.
• “We would inform our readers we have in our midst a new firm — retail furniture dealer Hulett & Peck — directly opposite the store of J. A. Wiley. They have a large assortment of new goods on hand, which means they propose to sell at very low prices,” the Ticonderoga Sentinel reported on Aug. 3, 1877.
• “The farmers are through with their haying. The crop is full up to the acreage,” the Ticonderoga Sentinel reported on Aug. 10, 1877.
• “Mr. Covil the milk man is retailing milk at 5 cents a quart (the equivalent of $1.49 in 2024 dollars) delivered at your door,” the Ticonderoga Sentinel reported on Aug. 10, 1877.
• “Rogers Rock Hotel is filled with city visitors,” the Ticonderoga Sentinel reported on Aug. 17, 1877. “The popular hotel is gaining a widespread reputation as being a first-class summer resort.”
• “W. Lamson, Esq., will open in a few days a new tin and wooden ware shop at the old stand formerly occupied by D. R. Putnam as a harness shop,” the Ticonderoga Sentinel reported on Aug. 17, 1877.

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